Patent ID: 9567353
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: C07F

Claim:
1. A sol-gel precursor comprising a cross-linkable molecule including a first metal M 1 , wherein the first metal is directly bonded to carbon and the cross-linkable molecule is further conjugated to a first functional group capable of being conjugated to the first metal M 1 , and a second functional group comprising a carboxylate group and a side chain R selected from a benzyl group, methyl group, ethyl group, propyl group, and butyl group that is a substituent on a carbon in the alpha position to the carbonyl carbon, wherein at least one of the oxygen atoms in the carboxylate group is ligated to a second metal M 2 selected from the group consisting of Ag, Bi, Co, Cr, Cu, Er, Eu, Gd, In, Mn, Mo, Pb, Pd, Pt, Rh, Y, Zn, B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te, and Po, and wherein the first metal M