Mesoporous silica metal oxide (ZnO and CdO) thin films have been used as metal ion precursors to produce the first examples of mesoporous silica metal sulfide (meso-SiO(2) @ZnS, meso-SiO(2) @CdS) or silica metal selenide (meso-SiO(2) @ZnSe, meso-SiO(2) @CdSe) thin films, in which the pore walls are made up of silica and metal sulfide or metal selenide nanoflakes, respectively. A gentle chemical...

Three dimensional sub-micron resolution has made two-photon nanomedicine a very promising medical tool for cancer treatment since current techniques cause significant side effects for lack of spatial selectivity. Two-photon-excited (TPE) photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been achieved via mesoporous nanoscaffolds, but the efficiency of the treatment could still be improved. Herein, we demonstrate ...

in this study, mesoporous mcm-41 has been modified by incorporation of aluminum ion asa rapid, simple and inexpensive method for modification. the adsorbent is characterized usingpowder x-ray diffraction and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm data. the distributioncoefficient of cadmium ion on the mesoporous aluminosilicates has been enhanced with theincrease of the aluminum in the framewo...

The synthesis of mesoporous CuFe2O4 spinel by several nanocasting strategies (i.e., multi-step nanocasting, one step nanocasting, modified solid-liquid), in which copper and iron nitrates are used as precursors and Pluronic P123 as surfactant, is explored. We have also checked the effect of pH, citric acid and sodium citrate in multi-step nanocasting method. The modified solid-liquid method whi...

The fabrication of mesoporous silica films with well-defined morphologies offers tremendous opportunity for device structures. In particular the generation of a mesoporous silica film with cylindrical nanochannels of prescribed diameters oriented normal to the substrate holds great promise for applications in catalysis, bio-molecular separations, sensors, photonics, synthesis of aligned metalli...

The mesoporous ferrosilicates with high content of framework iron species have been synthesized under mild acidic conditions (pH 4.4, buffer solution) by co-condensation of iron acetylacetonate and a mixture of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and sodium silicate using block copolymer Pluronic P123 as the template. The XRD, N2 sorption and TEM results show that the materials have well-ordered, two-dime...

Synthesis of new nanoporous carbon with hexagonally ordered mesostructure. J Am Chem Soc 2000;122:10712–5. [6] Kim SS, Pinnavaia TJ. A low cost route to hexagonal mesostructured carbon molecular sieves. Chem Commun 2001:2418–9. [7] Lee J, Yoon S, Oh SM, Shin S, Hyeon T. Development of a new mesoporous carbon using an HMS aluminosilicate template. Adv Mater 2000;12:359–63. [8] Lee J, Joo SH, Ryo...

In the present study, we report the delivery of anti-cancer drug curcumin to cancer cells using mesoporous silica materials. A series of mesoporous silica material based drug delivery systems (S2, S4 and S6) were first designed and developed through the amine functionalization of KIT-6, MSU-2 and MCM-41 followed by the loading of curcumin. The curcumin loaded materials were characterized with s...

A novel enzyme immobilization approach was used to generate mesoporous enzymes-silica composite microparticles by co-entrapping gelatinized starch and cross-linked phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) aggregates (CLEAs) containing gelatinized starch into biomemitic silica and subsequently removing the starch by α-amylase treatment. During the preparation process, the gelatinzed starch served as a ...

In recent years, hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite light absorbers have attracted much attention in the field of solar cells due to their optoelectronic characteristics that enable high power conversion efficiencies. Perovskite-based solar cells’ efficiency has increased dramatically from 3.8% to more than 20% in just a few years, making them a promising low-cost alternative for photovoltaic ...