With this new procedure, we have created a tool to obtain a broad range of new inorganic organic hybrid materials in a very easy way for textile applications.
Acknowledgement
The authors are grateful to Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal for the financial support to this study.
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