Major advances in the field of ordered mesoporous materials have been achieved in topological structure definition at the meso phase, and macroscale levels (shape and morphology) using molecular control during mesoporous materials synthesis. Examples include the use of block copolymers for the preparation of mesoporous materials with large pore sizes (> 30 nm), the formation of mesoporous silic...

The present study was conducted for the removal of color of pulp and paper mill effluent using coal fly ash as an adsorbent. The effect of adsorbent dose and pH on color removal has been determined. 100 % color removal was achieved when adsorbent dose was 2.4 gm or more and at pH 6.8 and above. Jr. of Industrial Pollution Control 24 (1)(2008) pp 1-8 © Enviromedia Printed in India. All rights re...

This review article summarizes recent developments in mesoporous titania materials, particularly in the fields of morphology control and applications. We first briefly introduce the history of mesoporous titania materials and then review several synthesis approaches. Currently, mesoporous titania nanoparticles (MTNs) have attracted much attention in various fields, such as medicine, catalysis, ...

In this work, aspartic acid- and glycine-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles (Asp-MSNs Gly-MSNs) were successfully prepared applied as adsorbents for removal of methylene blue (MB) from contaminated water. The structure the fabricated nanomaterials was confirmed by nitrogen adsorption/desorption with specific surface area ca. 700 m2/g pore volume 0.9 cm3/g both Asp-MSNs Gly-MSNs. ave...

An Adsorbent based treatment system is presented for toxic metal removal from rinsewater streams. The adsorbent is a Mg-A1 oxide anion exchange material with high capacity (approaching 5.5 meq/g) and strong selectivity for difficult to treat species such as Electroless plating metal chelates, Fixed Cyanides and chrome conversion solutions. Data is presented describing treatment of various metal...

By controlling the interaction between cationic surfactant micelles and ammonium metatungstate during the formation of mesoporous silica structure, highly dispersed tungsten carbide (WC) nanoparticles of 2.0 nm in diameter on mesoporous silica nanospheres were synthesized at lower concentration of ammonium metatungstate. With additional ammonium metatungstate, a novel mesoporous silica nanobamb...

Highly ordered mesoporous silica can be regenerated from a mesoporous carbon CMK-3 that is a negative replica of mesoporous silica SBA-15, indicating reversible replication between carbon and inorganic materials.

Adsorption studies were conducted to determine whether adsorbent concentration (soil-solution ratio) affected insecticide adsorption by soils and clays. Adsorption isotherms were obtained for several insecticides in Bondhead sandy loam and Ca-saturated illite suspensions using adsorbent concentrations that were varied over several orders of magnitude. There was no evidence that altering adsorbe...

A novel soft-hard cooperative approach was developed to synthesize bioactive mesoporous composite by pre-wrapping Penicillin G amidase with poly(acrylaimde) nanogel skin and subsequently incorporating such Penicillin G amidase nanocapsules into hierarchically mesoporous silica. The as-received bioactive mesoporous composite exhibited comparable activity and extraordinarily high stability in com...

Geopolymers are alumino-silicates with inborn mesoporous structures. For construction applications, the knowledge on porous structure and fluid dynamics is important. In this work, interconnected pore structures of metakaolin-based geopolymers guest molecules were studied by 129Xe nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), exploiting high sensitivity chemical shift to its local environment. The NMR spec...