Functionalized siloxane materials

A functionalized siloxane network comprising a siloxane network and a pyridine-containing ligand attached to the siloxane network, wherein the pyridine-containing ligand is a terpyridine compound of the formula and the terpyridine is derived from a compound of the formula:

• where R1--R11 are independently chosen from an alkyl, a substituted alkyl, an aryl, a substituted aryl, an inert functional group, an alkoxysilyl functional group, and an alcohol functional group, optionally any two of R1- R11 vicinal to one another, R1/R11 and/or R3/R4 taken together may form a ring being a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, or unsaturated cyclic structure, with the proviso that the compound comprises an alkoxysilyl functional group, an alcohol functional group, or a combination of two or more thereof;
• R12 and R13 are CpH2p+1, where p is 1-10;
• n is 1-20;
• q and r are independently 1-20;
• and
• m is 1-20.