Dear Colleagues,

For over a quarter of a decade, mesoporous materials have fascinated researchers from all over the world. The reason for this might be the variability of compounds: in the beginning, starting from pure silica and other binary oxides, and, eventually, reaching carbons, organic functionalized materials and many other compounds. Additionally, the (mostly) simplicity of the synthesis route involving either endo- or exotemplating, or the special size range of the pores—think big, think nano—may be the cause. The unifying basic idea is the desired utilization, since all these materials can function as size limiting reactors, confining matrices, carriers or support materials in many applicational fields.

It is not possible to cover all aspects of these astonishing group of materials in one journal issue. That is why this Special Issue will focus on recent advances in mesoporous materials with a special emphasis on new mesoporous materials (meaning either chemical compounds that are received in a mesoporous form for the first time or established materials that are received in a previously unknown mesoporous structure) or new synthesis routes on the one hand and all sorts of special properties, interactions and confinement effects of guest materials inside the respective pore system on the other. With this focus we hope to gather contributions from working groups from all over the world that come either from a pure synthetic approach, as well as groups that have specialized in characterization of new and exciting properties.

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• new mesoporous materials
• new structures
• confinement effects
• host-guest-interaction
• special properties