Mesoporous Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Materials with porous features at the nano-scale have important applications in optics, electrical insulation, thermal insulation, catalysis, sorption, membrane separation, bio-separation, cosmetics, drug delivery systems, diagnostics, and related nanotechnology. Most porous materials fall under three major categories: microporous, mesoporous and macroporous. Mesoporous materials (IUPAC definition: pore size 2–50 nm) may be prepared using various synthetic routes, with various macroscopic morphologies (e.g., powders, spherules, fibers, thin films and monoliths). The diverse properties of mesoporous materials originate from the ability to control the sizes and periodic ordering of the mesochannels and macroscopic morphology, while also tailoring the inorganic framework and internal pore surface or channel compositions to influence macroscopic adsorption, reaction, transport, photo-response, or other properties.

This Special Issue aims to provide a range of comprehensive reviews and research articles on advances in the synthesis (exo-templating, endo-templating approaches, etc.), functionalization/modification (by organic species, etc.) and application of mesoporous inorganic materials, including oxide and non-oxide-types with different architectures (ordered, disordered, hierarchical) and morphologies (from powders to monoliths).

Dr. Samuel Bernard
Prof. Dr. André Ayral
Prof. Dr. Philippe Miele
Guest Editors

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