In the last few years, researchers have focused their attention on the synthesis of new
catalyst structures based on or inspired by nature. Biotemplating involves the transfer of …

Microporous carbons were prepared starting from a series of benzene polycarboxylic acids
following two strategies:(i) activation-and template-free pyrolysis and (ii) ion-exchange …

Sea urchin spines are biogenic single crystals of magnesium calcite that are stiff, strong,
damage tolerant and light and have a bicontinuous porous structure. Here, we showed that …

Biotemplating technique allows the synthesis of catalysts, recreating the sophisticated
structure of nature templates. In this work, some biotemplated TiO2 semiconductors were …

Abstract Zinc Oxide (ZnO) and copper oxides (Cu x O) are among the most important
semiconductor materials today. They both have several applications in the electronic …

Mesoporous silica nanospheres (MSNs) have drawn great attention in recent years. In spite
of good progress made in the past years, the acid or base catalysis is still the most common …