Maria E. Raimondi, John M. Seddon, Leonardo Marchese, Enrica Gianotti, Salvatore Coluccia and Thomas Maschmeyer
A one-pot synthesis procedure is described for the production of catalytically active titanium-incorporated mesoporous silica; the nature and accessibility of Ti(IV) sites derived from two different Ti sources was elucidated by means of catalytic tests, UV–VIS and photoluminescence spectroscopy.