Macroporous and hollow titania materials have a wide range of applications

such as lightweight structural materials

catalytic supports

thermal and acoustic insulators

and photoelectric devices

because of their unique properties

like as high specific surface area

high damping capacity

low thermal conductivity

and low dielectric permittivity.This review summarizes research work of synthesizing structured titania materials including macroporous materials

and hollow capsules and tubes.Inverse opaline titania (photonic crystal) materials template synthesized using colloidal particle assembled templates are emphasized.Template synthesis of titania hollow spheres and nanotubes is also reviewed.