Porous materials via nanocasting procedures: innovative materials and learning about soft-matter organization
Author(s) -
Sebastian Polarz,
Markus Antonietti
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/b205708p
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , materials science , porosity , soft materials , nanostructure , characterization (materials science) , supramolecular chemistry , porous medium , soft matter , polymer , colloid , chemical engineering , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , crystal structure , engineering
Nanocasting, the 3D-transformation of self-assembled organic nanostructures into hollow inorganic replicas under preservation of fine structural details has recently turned out to be a versatile tool, both for the synthesis of porous media with new pore topology as well as for the characterization of the assembled structures themselves. This review gives a review on recent work describing the potential and restrictions of nanocasting using surfactants, polymers, colloids as well as supramolecular tectons as porogens.
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