Structures of Pt-nanowires, synthesized in channels of silica
mesoporous materials MCM-41, SBA-15 and MCM-48, were investigated
by transmission electron microscopy. One dimensional (1D)
Pt-nanowires were formed inside the channels of the MCM-41,
and were single crystals with a length of several tens to several
hundreds nanometers and a diameter of ca. 3 nm Pt-nanowires
synthesized in SBA-15 formed a new 3D-network following 3D-pore
geometry of SBA-15; that is, the main 1D-channels are
interconnected to each other through randomly distributed tunnels.
These Pt-nanowires showed a well single crystalline. MCM-48
has two non-intersecting chiral channels, and Pt-networks were
mostly formed in one of the two channels. Therefore the networks
were also chiral; however, the chirality of Pt-networks remained
to be determined. It was shown that all Pt-nanowires were formed
following the channel geometries of silica mesoporous materials
used.