Morphological Control in Colloidal Crystal Templating of Inverse Opals, Hierarchical Structures, and Shaped Particles†

摘要: Inverse opals or three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) materials, prepared by colloidal crystal templating (CCT) methods, possess distinctive structural features that are important for the design of photonic crystals, sensors, power sources, catalysts, and various other applications. In past decade, vast progress has been made in shaping these materials at length scales. It is now possible to prepare 3DOM a variety simple complex compositions, which pore sizes, shapes, skeletal geometries can be adjusted statically sometimes even dynamically alter physical properties material. Hierarchical structures achieved combining CCT with additional techniques. Furthermore, shaped porous nanoparticles may synthesized using methods. This review will highlight recent advances controlling both internal structure inverse their external morphology, enhancing compositional complexity, endowing ...