Template-derived carbon is demonstrated to effectively promote the creation of strong basicity on mesoporous silica, for the first time. New materials owning ordered mesoporous structure, strong basicity, and excellent catalytic activity are thus successfully constructed at low temperatures, which are impossible to achieve using conventional methods.

ABSTRACT i i ABSTRACTi i ABSTRACT In the present work, the elaboration, characterisation and applications of different porous materials have been studied. Porous materials are divided into three categories depending on the porous cavity size, namely microporous materials (pore diameter < 2 nm), mesoporous materials (2 nm < pore diameter < 50 nm) and macroporous materials (pore diameter > 50 nm)...

Fluorescein and rhodamine B modified mesoporous silica particles were synthesized by post-grafting and co-condensation approaches. The materials exhibited different pore size distributions, particle shapes and sizes. The materials were characterized by nitrogen sorption, scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy. The Förster resonance energy transfer between the selected dye pa...

Tightening environmental legislation is driving the fine and speciality chemicals industries to consider alternative processes that avoid the use of conventional mineral acids. The use of heterogeneous catalysts in these processes would vastly simplify catalyst removal, minimizing the amount of waste formed. However, diffusion limitation of liquids within porous solids dictates that effective s...

Mesoporous carbons prepared by an inverse replica technique have been used as electrodes for electrochemical capacitors. Such well sized carbons were prepared from mesostructured SBA-16 silica materials that served as templates whereas polyfurfuryl alcohol was the carbon precursor. Two highly mesoporous carbons characterized by 3 and 8 nm average pore diameter were tested in various electrolyti...

BACKGROUND Inorganic mesoporous materials exhibit good biocompatibility and hydrothermal stability for cell immobilization. However, it is difficult to encapsulate living cells under mild conditions, and new strategies for cell immobilization are needed. We designed a "fish-in-net" approach for encapsulation of enzymes in ordered mesoporous silica under mild conditions. The main objective of th...

During last years the interest for nanotechnology and mesoporous silica materials has increased due to benefits that these materials can provide. Typical characteristics of mesoporous materials are a large surface area and pore volume, well-ordered and uniform pores with adjustable pores between 2 and 50 nm. Pore dimensions are comparable to many biological molecules, like enzymes, and may ther...

Spinel Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) are attractive anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) because of their unique electrochemical properties. Herein, we report a facile one-step hydrothermal method in preparation of a nanocomposite anode consisting of well-dispersed mesoporous LTO particles onto rGO. An important reaction step involves glucose as a novel linker age...

This review article describes the importance of structure and functionalization in the performance of mesoporous silica bioceramics for bone tissue regeneration and local drug delivery purposes. Herein, we summarize the pivotal features of mesoporous bioactive glasses, also known as 'templated glasses' (TGs), which present chemical compositions similar to those of conventional bioactive sol-gel...