Owing to its simplicity and low temperature conditions, magnesiothermic reduction of silica is one of the most powerful methods for producing silicon nanostructures. However, incomplete reduction takes place in this process leaving unconverted silica under the silicon layer. This phenomenon limits the use of this method for the rational design of silicon structures. In this effort, a technique ...

Site-specific stimuli responsive nanomaterials are an important breakthrough for the improvement of modern therapies in nanomedicine. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles are good candidate for the development of targeted delivery system as their surface can be easily modified with functional groups in order to achieve controlled and specific release. We designed a drug delivery system based on meso...

In this article, mercapto-functionalized helical mesoporous silica nanorods have been synthesized by a one-step co-condensation of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTS) using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a template. Process parameters, including MPTS concentration, stirring time and added volume of ethanol as co-solvent, were both carefully and accurat...

A family of mesoporous nonprecious metal (NPM) catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acidic media, including cobalt-nitrogen-doped carbon (C-N-Co) and iron-nitrogen-doped carbon (C-N-Fe), was prepared from vitamin B12 (VB12) and the polyaniline-Fe (PANI-Fe) complex, respectively. Silica nanoparticles, ordered mesoporous silica SBA-15, and montmorillonite were used as templates for ac...

Copper nitride nanoparticles supported on a mesoporous superparamagnetic silica microsphere exhibit superior activity toward the Huisgen cycloaddition of azides and alkynes. The nitride catalyst offers significant advantages over homogeneous Cu catalysts.

Tungsten carbide nanoparticles were supported on a new 3D mesoporous carbon replicated from commercial silica and exhibited selectivity as high as 72.9% for the catalytic conversion of cellulose into ethylene glycol.

Organo-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles, loaded with ibuprofen into the pores and functionalized on the external surface with a stable Gd(iii)-DOTA-monoamide chelate, were prepared and explored as potential theranostic probes.

This work reports the synthesis of homogeneously dispersed mixed-oxide nanoparticles (<5 nm) exhibiting improved lattice oxygen mobility (ca. two times higher than on bulk samples), using a novel synthesis procedure of nanocasting in mesoporous silica host support.

We chose dipicolinic acid as a tridentate chelating unit featuring ONO donors to react with lanthanide(III) ions to yield tight and protective N(3)O(6) environments around the lanthanide(III) ions. We immobilized the lanthanide(III)-dipicolinic acid complexes on colloidal mesoporous silica with diameter smaller than 100 nm by a covalent bond grafting technique and obtained nearly monodisperse l...

Tetracycline (TC) is a well-known broad spectrum antibiotic, which is effective against many Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. Controlled release nanoparticle formulations of TC have been reported, and could be beneficial for application in the treatment of periodontitis and dental bone infections. Furthermore, TC-controlled transcriptional regulation systems (Tet-on and Tet-off) are us...