title: Porous inorganic materials from living porogens: channel-like TiO2 from yeast-assisted sol-gel process.
abstract: Vitality of yeast cells maintained in an aqueous sol-gel solution containing titanium tetraisopropoxide and glucose. The living cells and their metabolites acted as the porogens for a channel-like TiO2 precursor. Further processing of the precursor offered a channel-like meso/macroporous TiO2, a potential anode material for Li-ion battery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu, Taiwan 30010, R. O. C.
authors.forename: Yi-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chi-Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hsin-Tien
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D005782:Gels; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D014025:Titanium / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium