Cubic Ia3d large mesoporous silica: synthesis and replication to platinum nanowires, carbon nanorods and carbon nanotubes

Freddy Kleitz; Shin Hei Choi; Ryong Ryoo

doi:10.1039/b306504a

Cubic Ia3d large mesoporous silica: synthesis and replication to platinum nanowires, carbon nanorods and carbon nanotubes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Sep 7:(17):2136-7. doi: 10.1039/b306504a.

Authors

Freddy Kleitz¹, Shin Hei Choi, Ryong Ryoo

Affiliation

¹ National Creative Research Initiative Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Department of Chemistry (School of Molecular Science-BK21), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 13678168
DOI: 10.1039/b306504a

Abstract

A new synthesis route to high-quality large mesoporous cubic Ia3d silica is reported, utilizing a triblock copolymer (EO20PO70EO20)-butanol mixture for the structure direction in aqueous solution.