The grafting and sulfation of zirconia conformal monolayers on SBA-15 to create mesoporous catalysts of tunable solid acid/base character is reported. Conformal zirconia and sulfated zirconia (SZ) materials exhibit both Brönsted and Lewis acidity, with the Brönsted/Lewis acid ratio increasing with film thickness and sulfate content. Grafted zirconia films also exhibit amphoteric character, whos...

Ordered mesoporous carbons with various structures, designated as CMK-1~5, have been synthesized by carbonization of sucrose, furfuryl alcohol or other suitable carbon sources inside silica or aluminosilicate mesopores that are interconnected into three-dimensional networks such as in MCM-48 (cubic Ia3d), SBA-1 (cubic Pm3n) and SBA-15 (hexagonal p6mm). The mesoporous carbon molecular sieves, ob...

Mesoporous photocatalysts of CeO2/SBA-15 are prepared by two methods of direct synthesis as solvent-usage and solvent-free methods. In solvent-usage method, CeO2/SBA-15 is synthesized in acidic media. While, in solvent-free method, CeO2/SBA-15, has been prepared through the novel path of directly grind cerium salt into the as-prepared samples of SBA-15 occluded ...

Polyaniline (PANI), an attractive conductive polymer, has been successfully applied in fabricating various types of enzyme-based biosensors. In this study, we have employed mesoporous silica SBA-15 to stably entrap horseradish peroxidase (HRP), and then deposited the loaded SBA-15 on the PANI modified platinum electrode to construct a GA/SBA-15(HRP)/PANI/Pt biosensor. The mesoporous structures ...

mesoporous photocatalysts of ceo2/sba-15 are prepared by two methods of direct synthesis as solvent-usage and solvent-free methods. in solvent-usage method, ceo2/sba-15 is synthesized in acidic media. while, in solvent-free method, ceo2/sba-15, has been prepared through the novel path of directly grind cerium salt into the as-prepared samples of sba-15 occluded with template. this method enable...

As a commonly used implant material, calcium sulfate cement (CSC), has some shortcomings, including low compressive strength, weak osteoinduction capability, and rapid degradation. In this study, silica-based mesoporous materials such as SBA-15 were synthesized and combined with CSC to prepare CSC/SBA-15 composites. The properties of SBA-15 were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission ...

Hexagonal mesoporous silica (SBA-15) was prepared and then functionalized by(3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane. The obtained 3-mercaptopropyl functionalized SBA-15 (SBA-Pr-SH) was then oxidized using H2O2 in methanol under an acidic condition to give sulfonic acid functionalized mesoporous silica (SBA-Pr-SO3H). Th...

The acid-catalyzed synthesis of highly ordered mesostructured materials has led to a variety of twoand three-dimensional periodic symmetries, and has proven to be an effective route for the generation of fibers, spheres, thin films, and other monolithic forms of mesoporous materials. Zhao et al. recently used non-ionic poly(alkylene oxide) block copolymers, under acidic conditions, to prepare w...

The ability of a number of mesoporous silica materials (SBA-15, SBA-3, and MCM-48) to immobilize polyphenol oxidase (PPO) at different pH has been tested. Pore size and volume are the structural characteristics with higher influence on the PPO immobilization. Mesoropous material SBA-15 adsorbs a larger quantity of PPO at pH 4.00 and offers an inhibition of enzymatic activity close the 50% in ap...