Block copolymer-templated mesoporous oxides

Block copolymers (BC) are indeed suitable and versatile templates for the creation of mesostructured and mesoporous materials. Great advances have been achieved in the last 3 years. Nowadays, it is possible to obtain highly controlled large-pore and highly stable mesostructured and mesoporous materials (silica, non-silica oxides, carbons,…) shaped as powders, films, monoliths or aerosols. This paper reviews mainly the synthesis of BC-templated mesostructured oxides, stressing in the physical, chemical and processing parameters, which have to be thoroughly controlled to reproducibly obtain mesoporous materials.