A novel tailored bimodal porous silica with well-defined inverse opal microstructure and super-microporous lamellar nanostructure

A novel tailored bimodal porous silica with well-defined inverse opal microstructure and super-microporous lamellar nanostructure has been successfully synthesized by simultaneous application of three-dimensional order polystyrene (PS) beads and an amphiphilic ionic liquid (AIL) as templates.