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Controlling the Periodically Ordered Nanostructures in Ceramics: A Macromolecule‐Guided Strategy
Author(s) -
Guo QingYun,
Zhang Boxing,
Feng Xueyan,
Yan XiaoYun,
Su Zebin,
Cheng Stephen Z. D.,
Yue Kan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201900534
Subject(s) - macromolecule , ceramic , amphiphile , materials science , nanostructure , nanotechnology , template , self assembly , copolymer , macromolecular substances , chemistry , polymer , composite material , biochemistry
Microscopic structures have a significant influence on the properties of ceramics. The development of macromolecular self‐assembly has allowed for control over microscopic structures of ceramics to prepare ceramics with diverse compositions and ordered nanostructures. Herein, recent progress in the preparation of ceramics with periodically ordered nanostructures guided by phase‐separated macromolecules are reviewed, which can be summarized as a general strategy termed the “macromolecule‐guided strategy.” Moreover, two different subcategories, namely, the macromolecule‐templated method and the macromolecule‐precursor method, are illustrated. In the former method, amphiphilic macromolecules are used as templates to guide the assembly of inorganic species into ordered nanostructures, which are subsequently converted into ceramics; in the latter method, amphiphilic macromolecules containing non‐volatile elements are used as the single‐source precursors for ordered ceramics. It is believed that the unique diversity and tunable features of macromolecular self‐assembly might offer unprecedented opportunities in the development of functional ceramics for various applications.