Hierarchically structured porous materials phosphate

Tunable chemical composition Hierarchically porous materials with single or multiple chemical compositions can be prepared via this spontaneous selfformation procedure by using single or multiple alkoxide precursors. Pure oxide materials can be obtained by starting with just the alkoxide or alkylme-tal precursors in aqueous solutions, as opposed to other synthesis strategies where the resulting products are often contaminated by residual species. Furthermore, metal phosphates with hierarchically porous structures can also be prepared by this self-formation process. 

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