“…30 Thus, additional surface modications of mesoporous silicas are desirable to endow appropriate interactions between the support surfaces and the metal precursors. In fact, the mesopore surfaces of mesoporous silicas have been modied by a variety of organic functionalities, such as amine, 31,32 thiol, 33 and carboxylic acid, 34,35 in order to synthesize metal nanoparticles. However, it was found that the distribution of the organic functional groups, either on the pore surface or inside the mesopore, played a key factor in determining the size control of metal nanoparticles.…”