A versatile cooperative template-directed coating method to synthesize hollow and yolk-shell mesoporous zirconium titanium oxide nanospheres as catalytic reactors

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 246-262

  Guan, Buyuan ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Zeng, Shangjing ^a   Wang, Xue ^a   An, Dong ^a   Wang, Dongmei ^a   Cao, Yu ^a   Ma, Dingxuan ^a   Liu, Yunling ^a   Huo, Qisheng ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hollow structure; mesoporous zirconium titanium oxide; multiple catalyst; self assembly; yolk shell structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894336264     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0392-9     Document Type: Article

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