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We demonstrate a new design concept where the interaction between silica nanoparticles (about 1.5 nm in diameter) with titania nanoparticles (anatase, about 4 nm or 6 nm in diameter) guides a successful formation of mesoporous titania with crystalline walls and controllable porosity. At an appropriate solution pH (~1.5, depending on the deprotonation tendencies of two types of nanoparticles), the smaller silica nanoparticles, which attach to the surface of the larger titania nanoparticles and provide a portion of inactive surface and reactive surface of titania nanoparticles, dictate the direction and the degree of condensation of the titania nanoparticles, resulting in a porous 3D framework. Further crystallization by a hydrothermal treatment and subsequent removal of silica nanoparticles result in a mesoporous titania with highly crystalline walls and tunable mesopore sizes. A simple control of the Si/Ti ratio verified the versatility of the present method through the successful control of mean pore diameter in the range of 2–35 nm and specific surface area in the ranges of 180–250 m 2  g −1 . The present synthesis method is successfully extended to other metal oxides, their mixed oxides and analogues with different particle sizes, regarding as a general method for mesoporous metal (or mixed metal) oxides.

Self-arrangement of nanoparticles toward crystalline metal oxides with high surface areas and tunable 3D mesopores