Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 83(50), p. 12572-12574, 2014
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc05556j
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We demonstrate here the ordering of block copolymer micelles by ice templating, below 0 degrees C. We used this for the preparation of silica monoliths that present an ice-templated macroporosity, combined with a 2D hexagonal mesostructure templated by the addition of P123. We propose a mechanism triggered by the progressive freezing-induced concentration.