Mesostructured aluminophosphates synthesized with supramolecular structure directors

Over the past few years a growing number of scientists have dedicated their attention to the synthesis of mesostructured aluminophosphates following the concept of supramolecular structure direction. Their research has produced a large variety of synthetic approaches and yielded materials with various structural properties. Today a substantial number of publications have accumulated; this short review provides a general summary of the literature with the aim to display the opportunities for future work.