Nanocasting strategy

Zeolites were already employed as templates in the synthesis of microporous carbon with ordered structures.[247] The discovery of ordered mesoporous silica materials opened new opportunities in the synthesis of periodic carbon structures using the templating approach. By employing mesoporous silica structures as hard templates, ordered mesoporous carbon replicas have been synthesized from a nanocasting strategy. The synthesis is quite tedious and involves two main steps (i) Preparation and calcination of the silica mesophase, and (ii) filling the silica pore system by a carbon precursor, followed by the carbonization and selective removal of the silica framework. 

Mesoporous Silk ax and Silica-Organic Hybrids, p. 852 Nanocasting Strategies and Porous Materials, p. 950 Self-Assembly Definition and Kinetic and Thermodynamic Considerations, p. 1248 Self-Assembly Terminology, p. 1263... 

Nanocasting Strategies and Porous Materials, p. 950 Protein Supramolecular Chemistry, p. 1161 Self-Assembling Catenanes, p. 1240 Self-Assembly in Biochemistry, p. 1257... 

Yang HF, Zhao DY. Synthesis of replica mesostructures by the nanocasting strategy. J Mater Chem 2005 15 1217-31. 

It is well known that the nanocasting strategy with mesoporous silica or carbon as hard template is an effective technique to fabricate mesoporous metal and metal oxides [236-238]. 

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