Nanoarchitectonics for Mesoporous Materials

TLDR

Mesoporous materials, characterized by well‑defined pore structures, can be produced cheaply and simply, making them attractive for macroscopic and nanotechnological applications. This account presents recent advances in mesoporous materials, focusing on innovations in components and structural designs and highlighting the authors’ own progress. The authors synthesize a range of mesoporous silica, metal oxides, semiconductors, metals, alloys, organic and biomaterial composites, carbon, carbon nitride, and boron nitride, and develop structural innovations such as film preparations, pore alignments, and hierarchical architectures. These structural innovations enable functions like sensing and controlled release of target molecules.

Abstract

Abstract Although mesoporous materials have well-defined pore structures, these fine materials can surprisingly be produced by employing a set of conventional and simple procedures such as mixing, heating, filtration, and washing, using low-cost materials. They can be regarded as easy-to-make bulk nanostructured materials. Mesoporous materials have great potential for use in both macroscopic applications and nanotechnology. In this account, we introduce examples of recent developments in mesoporous materials involving innovations in their components and structural designs and concentrating on our own recent progress. These examples include syntheses of mesoporous silica, metal oxides, semiconductive materials, metals, alloys, organic composites, biomaterial composites, carbon, carbon nitride, and boron nitride, as innovative components. As structural innovations for mesoporous materials, various film preparations, pore alignments, and hierarchic structures are described together with their related functions including sensing and controlled release of target molecules.