title: Towards flexible inorganic "mesomaterials": one-pot low temperature synthesis of mesostructured nanocrystalline titania.
abstract: We hereby report a simple route for the low temperature synthesis of mesoporous nanocrystalline titania involving brief hydrothermal treatment of butanolic precursors and non-ionic tri-block-copolymer surfactant at 100 degrees C, followed by evaporation induced self assembly to make a crack-free flexible film. At no time in the film-forming process is a temperature of more than 120 degrees C reached, thereby permitting the use of substrates that are not stable to higher temperatures.
authors.affiliation: Materials Chemistry Research Group, Chemistry Department, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.
authors.forename: Sönke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haseloh
authors.forename: Sung Yeun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mamak
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Coombs
authors.forename: Srebri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: Geoffrey A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ozin