Mesoporous silica nanoparticles: structural design and applications

The structural properties of mesoporous silica nanoparticles are reviewed. Different strategies for the introduction of functional groups are considered. Based on the architectural features of the material, the functionalization at defined regions of the particles is described, along with the properties emerging from the corresponding site-specific modifications of their chemistry. Many applications derived from the unique architecture and chemistry of these nanostructured composite materials are shown. Disciplines Materials Chemistry | Other Chemistry Comments This a manuscript of an article from the Journal of Materials Chemistry 20 (2010): 7924, doi:10.1039/ C0JM00554A. Posted with permission. This article is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/chem_pubs/937 CREATED USING THE RSC ARTICLE TEMPLATE (VER. 3.1) SEE WWW.RSC.ORG/ELECTRONICFILES FOR DETAILS FEATURE ARTICLE www.rsc.org/materials | Journal of Materials Chemistry This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry [year] J. Mater. Chem., [year], [vol], 00--00 | 1 Mesoporous silica nanoparticles: structural design and applications Igor I. Slowing*, Juan L. Vivero-Escoto, Brian G. Trewyn* and Victor S.-Y. Lin Received (in XXX, XXX) Xth XXXXXXXXX 200X, Accepted Xth XXXXXXXXX 200X First published on the web Xth XXXXXXXXX 200X DOI: 10.1039/b000000x 5 The structural properties of mesoporous silica nanoparticles are reviewed. Different strategies for the introduction of functional groups are considered. Based on the architectural features of the material, the functionalization at defined regions of the particles is described, along with the properties emerging from the corresponding site-specific modifications of their chemistry. Many 10 applications derived from the unique architecture and chemistry of these nanostructured composite materials are shown.