Patent ID: 7763665

Claim:
A method of forming a mesoscopically structured material comprising the step of combining an amphiphilic block copolymer with an inorganic species in a solvent, wherein the block copolymer and the inorganic species are assembled and then the assembled inorganic species are polymerized to form a mesoscopically structured inorganic-organic composite, wherein said inorganic species combined with said block copolymer is a precursor inorganic species and said assembled inorganic species are hydrolyzed inorganic species, and wherein said inorganic species is a mixture comprising at least two of M(OR)s s-t-u-v-w-y R′ t R″ u R′″ v R″″ w R′″″ y , and/or MX S wherein: M is at least one atom other than carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, or nitrogen; S>=1; R, R′, R″, R′″, R″″, and R′″″ are organic moieties; while 0 >=s, t, u, v, w, y >=6; s-t-u-v-w-y>=1; and X is a halogen atom.