title: Engineering the formation of secondary building blocks within hollow interiors.
abstract: Secondary building blocks within the cavities of primary silica-architecture building blocks are successfully engineered. The immobilized surfactant directs the selective dissolution and reassembly of dissolved silicate species for the formation of secondary building blocks (hollow nanospheres/nanorods; see figure). Supported TiO(2) on nanostructures with multilevel interiors is shown to exhibit significantly enhanced activity in photocatalytic H(2) production.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiaobo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Mingrun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hongchuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qihua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D012821:Silanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012821:Silanes; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C009495:titanium dioxide; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D006859:Hydrogen; D014025:Titanium