Well-defined mesoporous materials can be synthesized using template strategies, which resemble macroscopic metal casting processes. Templates that preform the shapes of the pores, like casting-cores, are introduced into a liquid system and subsequently embedded by hardening of the solvent. In the Figure the formation of a mesoporous solid via complexation of a linear macromolecule is schematically represented.
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Uwe Beginn (1998) studied this question.