Multiscale Mesostructured Ceramics: The Transformative and Versatile Role of Cellulose Nanomaterials in Templating and Shaping Multiscale Mesostructured Ceramics (Small 46/2018)

In article number 1802068, E. Johan Foster, Carolina Tallon, and Nizar Zahed explore the transformative and versatile role of cellulose nanomaterials as an enabling technology in the preparation of multiscale mesostructured ceramics, with pore sizes in the meso- (2–50 nm) and macroporosity (above 50 nm) range and a regular architecture and distribution across the structure. This utilizes cellulose not only as a template but also as a colloidal modifier. The image depicts one of the multi-scale structures achieved using this concept, using titania (TiO2) and cellulose nanocrystals. The cover was designed by Carolina Tallon and E. Johan Foster.