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Reactive Templates: Doing Chemistry with Pore Walls
Author(s) -
Zhao Lili,
Steinhart Martin,
Gösele Ulrich,
Schlecht Sabine
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200702376
Subject(s) - template , materials science , nanotechnology , inert , porosity , nanostructure , reactivity (psychology) , microstructure , rational design , organic chemistry , chemistry , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The use of porous templates as inert, shape‐defining molds is a well‐established methodology for the preparation of one‐dimensional nanostructures and microstructures. However, the rational exploitation of the intrinsic reactivity of porous templates is largely unexplored. Recent results suggest that this emerging strategy may pave the way for new syntheses routes to wires and tubes made of complex materials that cannot be formed into one‐dimensional structures otherwise.