ABSTRACT
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 67 General Strategies to Synthesize Nanostructured Materials from the Bottom-Up Approach ........................................................................................................................................ 69
Templating Route to Synthesize Nanostructured Materials .............................................. 69 Types of Templates ................................................................................................................... 70
Use of Single Molecules as Templates to Synthesize Microporous Materials ...................... 70 Use of Self-Assembled Arrays of Molecules as Templates for Mesoporous Materials ....... 71
Self-Assembled Surfactant Templates ................................................................................... 71 Use of Functional Dendrimers for the Self-Assembly of Nanobuilding Blocks .............72 Synthesis Strategies ..................................................................................................................72
