A synthesis method to obtain porous platinum-based macrotubes and macrobeams with a square cross section through chemical reduction of insoluble salt-needle templates is presented.
Burpo, F. J., Losch, A. R., Nagelli, E. A., Winter, S. J., Bartolucci, S. F., McClure, J. P., Baker, D. R., Bui, J. K., Burns, A. R., O’Brien, S. F., Forcherio, G. T., Aikin, B. R., Healy, K. M., Remondelli, M. H., Mitropoulos, A. N., Richardson, L., Wickiser, J. K., Chu, D. D. A Salt-Templated Synthesis Method for Porous Platinum-based Macrobeams and Macrotubes. J. Vis. Exp. (159), e61395, doi:10.3791/61395 (2020).