Recent advances in the synthesis of non-siliceous mesoporous materials

This paper reviews recent progress in the fields of non-siliceous mesoporous materials since the year 2002. Several synthetic strategies have been developed in the last two years and non-siliceous mesoporous materials with new compositions, designable structures and controlled morphologies have been obtained. Mesostructured non-silicate metal oxides, metal sulfides, metal phosphates and other composites are very useful candidates in catalysis, electronic materials, and sensors. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.