The surface of mercapto-functionalized mesoporous silica having a highly ordered open pore network was modified into a super-hydrophilic surface through a stepwise sulfonation process involving oxidation and ionization reactions. The initial mesoporous silica was prepared using an acid-catalyzed sol-gel reaction between tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS) in th...

In this study, MCM-41 mesoporous silica nanoparticles (NPs) and MCM-41÷Fe3O4 mesoporous silica NPs were prepared by sol-gel method using CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) as template and TEOS (tetraethyl orthosilicate) as silica precursor in order to use these materials as drug delivery system (DDS) for different biologically active agents. The MCM-41 and MCM-41÷Fe3O4 mesoporous silica NPs ...

A novel and simple method for the electrochemical modification of ordered mesoporous silica is described. A well-organized thin film of amine-functionalized ordered mesoporous silica has been deposited electrochemically on the electrode surface. The resulting amine-functionalized electrodes were then subjected to post-functionalization with catechol moieties through electrochemical generation o...

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...

spherical mesoporous silica mcm-41 was synthesized for adsorptive removal of sulfur compounds from fossil fuels using 1mm solution of dibenzothiophene (dbt) in dodecane as model oil. the prepared silica adsorbent has been characterized by nitrogen adsorption-desorption analysis as well as small angle x-ray scattering (saxs), and transmission and scanning electron microscopy (sem) methods. resul...

Mesoporous silica can be synthesized by either the alkaline route or the acidic route, both using surfactants as templates. Morphological transformations of mesoporous silica can produce various hierarchical orders. Different morphologies are produced under different synthetic conditions. In the alkaline route, the surfactant/silicate liquid crystal system undergoes phase transformation to form...

In this research, mesoporous silica was applied as the host of corrosion inhibitor (molybdate). The loaded mesoporous silica was dispersed in an epoxy matrix. The composite was then coated on the mild steel plate. Results showed that the corrosion resistance of the scratched epoxy/mesoporous silica loaded by molybdate was better than the one without molybdate or neat epoxy. On the other hand, E...

Gold nanoparticles, particularly with the particle size of 2–5 nm, have attracted increasing research attention during the past decades due to their surprisingly high activity in CO and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) oxidation at low temperatures. In particular, CO oxidation below room temperature has been extensively studied on gold nanoparticles supported on several oxides (TiO2, Fe2O3, Ce...

un Qian rash Gharibi ailing He hejiang University oint Research Center of Photonics of the Royal Institute of Technology Sweden and hejiang University entre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research ijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058 hina Abstract. Protoporphyrin IX PpIX -encapsulated mesoporous silica nanoparticles were synthesized, characterized, and utilized for photodynamic therapy PDT of canc...

Bernardos A., Kouřimská L. (2013): Applications of mesoporous silica materials in food – a review. Czech J. Food Sci., 31: 99–107. Mesoporous silica materials have been developed for some applications in the health field. These solids are used for the controlled release of bioactive molecules, as catalysts in the synthesis of essential nutrients, as sensors to detect unhealthy products etc., wi...