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ReviewNature protocols2025

Versatile synthesis of uniform mesoporous superparticles from stable monomicelle units.

Zaiwang Zhao, Pengfei Zhang, Yujuan Zhao, Lipeng Wang, Jie Zhang, Fanxing Bu, Wanhai Zhou, Ruizheng Zhao, Xingmiao Zhang, Zirui Lv and 7 more

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17 authors.

Zaiwang ZhaoCollege of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China. zwzhao@imu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1874-2518
Pengfei ZhangCollege of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Yujuan ZhaoCollege of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.
Lipeng WangCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jie ZhangCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Fanxing BuCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Wanhai ZhouCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3197-9971
Ruizheng ZhaoCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xingmiao ZhangCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zirui LvCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yupu LiuCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yuan XiaSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an, China.
Wei ZhangCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Tiancong ZhaoCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1995-2274
Dongliang ChaoCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7793-0044
Wei LiCollege of Chemistry and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. weilichem@fudan.edu.cn.
Dongyuan ZhaoCollege of Energy Materials and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China. dyzhao@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8440-6902

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superstructures with architectural complexity and unique functionalities are promising for a variety of practical applications in many fields, including mechanics, sensing, photonics, catalysis, drug delivery and energy storage/conversion. In the past five years, a number of attempts have been made to build superparticles based on amphiphilic polymeric micelle units, but most have failed owing to their inherent poor stability. Determining how to stabilize micelles and control their superassembly is critical to obtaining the desired mesoporous superparticles. Here we provide a detailed procedure for the preparation of ultrastable polymeric monomicelle building units, the creation of a library of ultrasmall organic-inorganic nanohybrids, the modular superassembly of monomicelles into hierarchical superstructures and creation of novel multilevel mesoporous superstructures. The protocol enables precise control of the number of monomicelle units and the derived mesopores for superparticles. We show that ultrafine nanohybrids display enhanced mechanical antipressure performance compared with pristine polymeric micelles, and describe the functional characterization of mesoporous superstructures that exhibit excellent oxygen reduction reactivity. Except for the time (4.5 d) needed for the preparation of the triblock polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) PS-PVP-PEO or the polystyrene-block-poly(acrylic acid)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-PAA-PEO) copolymer, the synthesis of the ultrastable monomicelle, ultrafine organic-inorganic nanohybrids, hierarchical superstructures and mesoporous superparticles require ~6, 30, 8 and 24 h, respectively. The time needed for all characterizations and applications are 18 and 10 h, respectively.

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