Surface NH 2 -functionalized SBA-15 mesoporous silica was synthesized using toluene diisocyanate (TDI) as a bridge molecule. First, the surface Si-OH groups of SBA-15 were reacted with the -NCO groups of TDI. Then, the remaining unreacted -NCO groups of TDI were reacted with the -NH 2 groups of ethylenediamine (EDA). Finally, the NH 2 -groups were successfully grafted onto the mesoporous SBA-15 surface by the above two-step method. XRD, N 2 adsorption-desorption analysis, FT-IR, and 29 Si MAS NMR were used to identify the well-ordered structure and the successful incorporation of the -NH 2 groups onto the surface of the synthesized materials. Characterizations revealed that such -NH 2 grafting is an effective method to obtain a high loading of -NH 2 groups onto the SBA-15. When subjected to toxic heavy metal ions in aqueous solution, the obtained NH 2 -functionalized SBA-15 showed very high adsorption rates 99.9%, 99.7%, 99.8%, 99.5% and 99.9% for Pb 2+ , Cr 3+ , Cd 2+ , Ag + and the Cu 2+ , respectively, which is attributed to the strong complexation reactions between the metal ions and the grafted -NH 2 groups. [5,6]. Traditionally, this kind of aminosilica material is synthesized primarily by two main strategies; one is the direct method [7][8][9][10][11], and the other is the post-synthesis method [12][13][14][15]. In a direct method, aminofunctionalized large-pore mesoporous materials were synthesized by co-condensation of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and aminosilanes. The advantage of the direct method is that amine groups can be easily incorporated into the framework of mesoporous materials. However, disordered amino-functionalized mesoporous silica was obtained by the direct co-condensation method. As proposed by Zhao et al.[16], this is related to the unmatched hydrolysis rates between the aminosilane and TEOS, as well as the strong interference of the amine groups on the co-assembly process. To circumvent this "interference" problem, Wang et al. [7] and Wei et al. [17] successfully synthesized amine-functionalized SBA-15 with ordered large pores by pre-hydrolysis of the TEOS before the addition of aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES). Despite considerable progress having been made for the one-pot synthesis of amino-functionalized mesoporous silica, approaches based on post-synthetic functionalization remain popular because the separation of the silica synthesis and functionalization steps allows an independent and more straightforward control of the pore size and periodicity. Therefore, the post-synthesis method could be favorable for the formation of well-ordered structures. But the amino chains that have been first grafted onto the mesoporous