Premium
Tailoring the Pore Size and Architecture of CeO 2 /TiO 2 Core/Shell Inverse Opals by Atomic Layer Deposition
Author(s) -
Alessandri Ivano,
Zucca Marcello,
Ferroni Matteo,
Bontempi Elza,
Depero Laura E.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200801249
Subject(s) - atomic layer deposition , materials science , inverse , layer (electronics) , deposition (geology) , shell (structure) , conformal coating , core (optical fiber) , coating , nanotechnology , conformal map , chemical engineering , composite material , geometry , paleontology , mathematics , sediment , engineering , biology
Core/shell inverse opals are obtained by a multistep preparation process (see picture) involving the synthesis of inverse‐opal‐structured CeO 2 scaffolds and their conformal coating with TiO 2 shell layers. The size and shape of the resulting pores can be tailored by modifying the number of atomic layer deposition cycles.