自然界的生物矿化过程往往受到生物体的精细调控,从而生成各种具有复杂形态或多级有序结构并呈现出特定功能的生物矿物。利用自然界中的生物矿化原理来仿生构筑具有多级有序结构的无机功能材料不仅有助于揭示生物矿化机理,而且可以大大推动当代材料科学的发展,仿生材料合成因此得到人们的高度重视^[1]。另一方面,在微纳尺度上具有三维有序图案化结构的无机单晶材料是新型电子、光学器件的重要组成部件,而如何实现对其可控制备则一直是人们面临的一项挑战。作为一种典型的生物矿物,碳酸钙在自然界广泛存在于各种海洋生物体的外骨架中,
Unique three-dimensionally (3 D) ordered nanoporous calcite single crystals have been fabricated by exploiting the "amorphous to crystalline" strategy in combination with the colloidal crystal templating method. It was revealed that the surface-functionalized template and the vacuum-assisted filtration process were essential for the complete template replication. Such a bio-inspired strategy may suggest a general strategy for the fabrication of novel functional single-crystalline materials with 3D ordered nanopatterns.