Nanoscale Reactor Engineering: Hydrothermal Synthesis of Uniform Zeolite Particles in Massively Parallel Reaction Chambers

Cooking in a small pot: Uniform zeolite particles (see picture) can be prepared in high yield by hydrothermal syntheses within the confinement of inverse-opal carbon reactors. The product morphology depends on interfacial interactions at the reactor walls and on other parameters that can be engineered into the reactor process.