Nature Communications (Feb 2018)
A general soft-enveloping strategy in the templating synthesis of mesoporous metal nanostructures
Abstract
Metal species are highly mobile within mesoporous silica, making it difficult to template growth of metallic nanocrystals inside the channels. Here, the authors introduce a solid-liquid-solution interfacial strategy to suppress migration of the metal species, achieving control over a variety of mesostructured nanomaterials.