“…In this context functionalized mesoporous silicas can be very promising support due to their exceptionally high surface area, tunable nanoscale pores and wide range of compositional variations [10][11][12][13][14][15]. Design and synthesis of surface functionalized ordered mesoporous silica materials have attracted particular attention for their application in catalysis [16][17][18][19], adsorption [20,21], ion-exchange [22], sensing [23] and so on. Rational design of these materials using suitable organic functionalities give rise to smart mesoporous materials [24], which can have potential applications in many other frontier areas of science.…”