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Starbons: New Starch‐Derived Mesoporous Carbonaceous Materials with Tunable Properties
Author(s) -
Budarin Vitaly,
Clark James H.,
Hardy Jeffrey J. E.,
Luque Rafael,
Milkowski Krzysztof,
Tavener Stewart J.,
Wilson Ashley J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200600460
Subject(s) - carbonization , mesoporous material , starch , carbon fibers , retrogradation (starch) , materials science , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , computer science , polymer science , adsorption , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering , composite number , catalysis , amylose
A star is born : The complex molecular architecture found in plants is used in the design of new nanostructured materials. Carbon‐based mesoporous materials with tunable surfaces and bulk properties can be synthesized by the low‐temperature carbonization of expanded natural starches that are in turn prepared by a simple gelatinization–retrogradation process.