Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure comprising: at least one mesostructured layer prepared by the sol-gel route from at least one specific molecular metallic precursor in the presence of an amphiphilic surfactant, and a metal substrate. It also relates to its process of preparation and to its use in the aeronautical or aerospace field.

Abstract: A mesostructured material that consists of at least two elementary spherical particles, each of said particles comprising a mesostructured matrix based on aluminum oxide and having a pore size of between 1.5 and 30 nm, an aluminum oxide content that represents more than 46% by weight relative to the mass of said matrix, which has amorphous walls with a thickness of between 1 and 30 nm and whereby said elementary spherical particles have a maximum diameter of 10 ?m, is described. Said mesostructured matrix can also contain silicon oxide. Each of the spherical particles of the mesostructured material can also contain zeolitic nanocrystals so as to form a material with a mixed porosity that is both mesostructured and zeolitic in nature. The preparation of said material is also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nanostructured porous oxyfluoride film deposited onto a substrate, to a method for its production, and also to various applications. The oxyfluoride has a porous semicrystalline structure and a refractive index of 1.08 to 1.25, measured in the visible range for a relative humidity level below 80%. Its chemical composition corresponds to the formula (Mg(1?x)Cax)(1?y)MyF(2+(n?2)y?2z?t)Oz (OH)tM?w in which n is the valency of M, n being 1 to 4, M represents at least one element chosen from Al, Si, Ge and Ga, M? represents at least one element chosen from the group composed of Co, Cr, Ni, Fe, Cu, Sb, Ag, Pd, Cd, Au, Sn, Pb, Ce, Nd, Pr, Eu, Yb, Tb, Dy, Er and Gd, and 0?w<0.1; 0?x?1; 0?y?0.5; z<1; z+t>0 and t<2.

Abstract: A mesostructured aluminosilicate material is described, constituted by at least two spherical elementary particles, each of said spherical particles being constituted by a matrix based on silicon oxide and aluminium oxide, having a pore size in the range 1.5 to 30 nm, a Si/Al molar ratio of at least 1, having amorphous walls with a thickness in the range 1 to 20 nm, said spherical elementary particles having a maximum diameter of 10 ?m. A process for preparing said material and its application in the fields of refining and petrochemistry are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a nanostructured material, as a protective coating for metallic surfaces, said nanostructured material comprising functionalized nano-building blocks and a polymer or hybrid organic/inorganic matrix. It also relates to a particular nanostructured material in which the matrix is prepared from at least three silicon alkoxides.

Abstract: An organic/inorganic hybrid material (OIHM) that consists of elementary spherical particles is described, whereby each of said spherical particles consists of a mesostructured matrix that is based on silicon oxide and organic groups with reactive terminal groups that are linked covalently to the inorganic structure, whereby said mesostructured matrix has a pore size of between 1.5 and 30 nm and has amorphous walls with a thickness of between 1 and 20 nm. Said elementary spherical particles have a maximum diameter of 10 ?m. The matrix that is based on silicon oxide can contain aluminum, titanium, zirconium and cerium. Two methods for preparation of said material are also described.

Abstract: A mesostructured material that consists of at least two elementary spherical particles, each of said particles comprising a mesostructured matrix based on aluminum oxide and having a pore size of between 1.5 and 30 nm, an aluminum oxide content that represents more than 46% by weight relative to the mass of said matrix, which has amorphous walls with a thickness of between 1 and 30 nm and whereby said elementary spherical particles have a maximum diameter of 10 ?m, is described. Said mesostructured matrix can also contain silicon oxide. Each of the spherical particles of the mesostructured material can also contain zeolitic nanocrystals so as to form a material with a mixed porosity that is both mesostructured and zeolitic in nature. The preparation of said material is also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel nanostructured material comprising at least one nano-building block based on silica, alumina, zirconia, titanium oxide or cerium (IV) oxide, functionalized with at least two functionalizing agents of formula (1), (2) or (3): Z4?xSi((R?)p—F)x ??(1) Z4?x?y(F?—(R?)p)ySi((R?)p—F)x ??(2) Zn?ma?mb(F?-L)maM(L-F)mb , ??(3) and its application in the aeronautics or aerospace field as a protective coating for metallic surfaces.

Abstract: An inorganic material that consists of at least two elementary spherical particles, each of said spherical particles comprising metal nanoparticles that are between 1 and 300 nm in size and a mesostructured matrix with an oxide base of at least one element X that is selected from the group that consists of aluminum, titanium, tungsten, zirconium, gallium, germanium, tin, antimony, lead, vanadium, iron, manganese, hafnium, niobium, tantalum, yttrium, cerium, gadolinium, europium and neodymium is described, whereby said matrix has a pore size of between 1.5 and 30 nm and has amorphous walls with a thickness of between 1 and 30 nm, said elementary spherical particles having a maximum diameter of 10 ?m. Said material can also contain zeolitic nanocrystals that are trapped within said mesostructured matrix.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which can go to make up mesostructured porous hybrid organic-inorganic materials (MPHOIMs) and can serve, within these materials, as probe molecules for the detection or quantitative determination of halogenated gaseous compounds. It also relates to MPHOIMs in which these compounds are grafted by covalent or iono-covalent bonding, to a process for manufacturing these MPHOIMs, and also to chemical sensors for the detection or quantitative determination of halogenated gaseous compounds and comprising these MPHOIMs as sensitive materials. The invention applies, in particular, to the detection and quantitative determination of halogenated gaseous compounds used in the microelectronics field and, more especially, halogenated boron complexes.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least 0.02 weight percent relative to the composition total weight, one or several water soluble organosilicon compounds, selected among silanes having one silicon atom and siloxanes having two or three silicon atoms, the organosilicon compounds comprising two hydroxyl groups or groups capable of being hydrolyzed and two groups not capable of being hydrolyzed per molecule, at least one of the groups not capable of being hydrolyzed being a group with a cosmetic effect and at least one of the remaining functional groups being a group with a solubilizing function. The invention is applicable to hair care compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pn-semiconductor material that can be obtained by a method comprising in succession the following steps: a step in which a substrate made of a porous oxide ceramic is functionalized by chemical grafting of one or more compounds containing at least one group that can be polymerized with one or more precursors of an electrically conducting polymer and at least one group able to be chemically grafted onto said substrate; a step in which said substrate thus functionalized is impregnated with a solution containing said precursor(s); and a step in which said precursor or precursors are polymerized. Application of these materials to photovoltaic cells.

Abstract: A mesostructured aluminosilicate material is described, constituted by at least two spherical elementary particles, each of said spherical particles being constituted by a matrix based on silicon oxide and aluminium oxide, having a pore size in the range 1.5 to 30 nm, a Si/Al molar ratio of at least 1, having amorphous walls with a thickness in the range 1 to 20 nm, said spherical elementary particles having a maximum diameter of 10 ?m. A process for preparing said material and its application in the fields of refining and petrochemistry are also described.

Abstract: An organic-inorganic hybrid material comprising two phases: a first, mineral phase comprising a structured mesoporous network with open porosity; and a second, organic phase comprising an organic polymer, said organic phase being essentially not present inside the pores of the structured mesoporous network. Membrane and electrode comprising this material. Fuel cell comprising at least one such membrane and/or at least one such electrode. Process for preparing said hybrid material.

Abstract: A conductive organic-inorganic hybrid material comprising a mineral phase in which walls define pores forming a structured mesoporous network with open porosity; said material further comprising an organic oligomer or polymer integrated in said walls and bonded covalently to the mineral phase, and optionally another phase inside the pores, composed of at least one surfactant; at least one of the mineral phase, the oligomer, and the organic polymer having conductive and/or hydrophilic functions. Membrane and electrode comprising this material. Fuel cell comprising at least one such membrane and/or at least one such electrode. Process for preparing said material.

Abstract: A material with a hierarchical porosity is described, constituted by at least two spherical elementary particles, each of said spherical particles comprising zeolitic nanocrystals having a pore size in the range 0.2 to 2 nm and a matrix based on silicon oxide, which is mesostructured, having a pore size in the range 1.5 to 30 nm and having amorphous walls with a thickness in the range 1 to 20 nm, said spherical elementary particles having a maximum diameter of 10 ?m. the matrix based on silicon oxide may contain aluminium. The preparation of said material is also described.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium, at least 0.02 weight percent relative to the composition total weight, one or several water soluble organosilicon compounds, having one, two or three silicon atoms, at least a basic chemical function and at least two hydroxyl groups or groups capable of being hydrolyzed per molecule, said organosilicon compounds being partly neutralized with at least a neutralizing agent. The invention is applicable to hair care compositions.

Abstract: The invention comprises, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium, at least 0.02 weight percent relative to the composition total weight, one or several water soluble organosilicon compounds, having one, two or three silicon atoms, at least a non-basic solubilizing function and at least two hydroxyl groups or groups capable of being hydrolyzed per molecule. The invention is applicable to hair care compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for improving the stability with respect to UV radiation of a photosensitive sunscreen agent, comprising the incorporation of said screening agent in a material prepared by the sol-gel route from at least one silicon alkoxide and from at least one surfactant. It is also targeted at a photostable material which comprises the combination of a photosensitive sunscreen agent and of a photostabilizing material prepared by the sol-gel route including at least one silicon alkoxide and at least one nonionic surfactant and at a cosmetic and/or dermatological composition comprising, in a cosmetically and/or dermatologically acceptable vehicle, an effective amount of a photostable material. This cosmetic and/or dermatological composition is intended mainly for protecting the skin and/or keratinous substances against ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: The invention concerns a cosmetic or dermatological composition designed for for forming a film on a keratin substrate, in cross-linked hybrid material. Said composition is of the sol/gel type and is obtained by mixing: (a) at least an organometallic compound; (b) at least a functionalised organic polymer or said polymer precursor, or at least a functionalised silicone polymer or said polymer precursor, the precursor being different from (a); (c) a sufficient amount of water for hydrolysing the organometallic compound: and (d) optionally at least an alcohol; said film being non-reversible.