Mesoporous Silica Catalysts

Dear Colleagues,

Mesoporous silicas presenting regular geometries and tailored textural and structural properties have received a great deal of attention, owing to their great potential in practical applications in many fields of interest. In the last few years, special attention has been devoted to mesoporous silica with new compositions after metal incorporation to provide or enhance acid, basic or redox properties; surface functionalization; controlled morphologies; increased hydrothermal and thermal stabilities, as well as novel synthetic approaches to tune pore openings or other structural features to improve their application as adsorbents and catalyst supports, among many others. In the field of catalysis, due to the presence of well-ordered structures, large surface areas, high pore volumes and tunable pore sizes, this class of silica has been widely used both as catalysts or catalytic supports in a great variety of processes.

This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in mesoporous silica based materials with applications in catalysis implying new synthetic approaches, one-pot or post-synthetic functionalization, surface characterization, structure–activity correlation, tailored mesoporous silica nanoparticles with a specific catalytic application of great environmental or industrial interest.

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit contributions that may take into account any of the previously-described aspects.

Dr. Antonia  Infantes-Molina
Dr. Elisa  Moretti
Guest Editors

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