Synthesis and analytical potential of silica nanotubes

Semiconductor-based photocatalysts and photoelectrochemical cells for solar fuel generation: a review

“…103 3D materials can be constructed by assembly of 0D, 1D or 2D nanomaterials as building blocks in a precise and ordered arrangement. 119 Assembly can be guided under a template (such as self-assembled polymer spheres and block co-polymers) or by the inherent force of the nanoscale blocks into a 3D ordered structure. 3D ordered structures possess desired properties that cannot be achieved with disordered or suspended building blocks.…”

Novelty of Dynamic Process in the Synthesis of Biocompatible Silica Nanotubes by Biomimetic Glycyldodecylamide as a Soft Template

“…Silica nanotubes (SNTs) are unique one-dimensional nanomaterials which are competitive with other organic/inorganic mesoporous materials. 1 They are attracting unprecedented attention for their confinement properties which are due to the separation of inner and outer spaces. These nanotubes are widely utilized in various fields such as electronics, 2 optics, 3 templates for nanomaterials, 4 energy storage and conversion, 5 advanced catalysis, 6 and bioengineering and technology.…”

“…Silica nanotubes (SNTs) are unique one-dimensional nanomaterials which are competitive with other organic/inorganic mesoporous materials . They are attracting unprecedented attention for their confinement properties which are due to the separation of inner and outer spaces.…”

Insight in the 3D morphology of silica-based nanotubes using electron microscopy

“…nanostructures (e.g carbon NTs, metal oxide NWs and NTs, III-V or II-VI based heteronanostructures and metallic NWs) (Bréchignac et al, 2007;Joshi and Schneider, 2012) and their 2D or 3D architectures for respective applications. The most frequently applied synthesis methods for NTs employs structure-directing templates (Bréchignac et al, 2007;García-Calzón and Díaz-García, 2012;Rao and Govindaraj, 2009;Yang et al, 2011). This includes inorganic templates like porous alumina membranes or inorganic nanomaterials (nanowires, -rods, or -tubes), organic self-assembled gels or biological and biomolecular templates like proteins and peptides (Fan et al, 2015;García-Calzón and Díaz-García, 2012;Rao and Govindaraj, 2009;Yang et al, 2011).…”

“…The most frequently applied synthesis methods for NTs employs structure-directing templates (Bréchignac et al, 2007;García-Calzón and Díaz-García, 2012;Rao and Govindaraj, 2009;Yang et al, 2011). This includes inorganic templates like porous alumina membranes or inorganic nanomaterials (nanowires, -rods, or -tubes), organic self-assembled gels or biological and biomolecular templates like proteins and peptides (Fan et al, 2015;García-Calzón and Díaz-García, 2012;Rao and Govindaraj, 2009;Yang et al, 2011). A benefit of template-based approaches is the control of diameter and length of the NTs and the great variety of synthesis routes, e. g. sol-gel, hydrothermal or microemulsion synthesis methods.…”