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Nanocubes: “Cubism” on the Nanoscale: From Squaric Acid to Porous Carbon Cubes (Small 21/2016)
Author(s) -
Mani Christian Mbaya,
Berthold Thomas,
Fechler Nina
Publication year - 2016
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.201670106
Subject(s) - squaric acid , materials science , porosity , carbon fibers , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , molecule , porous medium , morphology (biology) , zinc , composite material , metallurgy , organic chemistry , chemistry , composite number , engineering , biology , genetics
The development of convenient and efficient template‐free methods for the synthesis of hierarchical porous carbon materials is highly desirable. On page 2906, N. Fechler and co‐workers prepare porous crystalline particles with a 3D cubic morphology by a one‐step, template‐free coordination of zinc ions to squaric acid molecules. Subsequently, these crystalline particles could be transferred into cubic hierarchical carbon to form carbon‐based composites with excellent capacitive performance.