Sensors: Self‐Template Synthesis of Mesoporous Metal Oxide Spheres with Metal‐Mediated Inner Architectures and Superior Sensing Performance (Adv. Funct. Mater. 51/2018)

In article number 1806144, Jing Wei and co-workers demonstrate a general self-templating strategy for the synthesis of mesoporous metal oxide spheres with tunable compositions and metal-mediated inner architectures via thermal decomposition of metal-phenolic coordination polymers. Such materials can be used as a sensing platform for detection of volatile organic compounds and nucleic acids with high sensitivity and selectivity.