title: Water-assisted crystallization of mesoporous anatase TiO2 nanospheres.
abstract: We report a facile water-assisted crystallization process for the conversion of amorphous sol-gel derived TiO2 into mesoporous anatase nanostructures with a high surface area and well-controlled porosity and crystallinity. As an alternative to conventional calcination methods, this approach works under very mild conditions and is therefore much desired for broad biological, environmental and catalytic applications.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P. R. China and Department of Chemistry, and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. yadongy@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. yadongy@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Qiao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. yadongy@ucr.edu and Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-Ro, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Bong
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. yadongy@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Zhenda
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. yadongy@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. yadongy@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Yadong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin