Recent progress on functional mesoporous materials as catalysts in organic synthesis

Carbon dioxide adsorption based on porous materials

“…They are useful in many applications requiring high BET and large pore sizes. [114][115][116] Their surfaces containing silanol groups are the key factors. Their functionalization by different organic molecules allows improving their performance in CO 2 adsorption.…”

Single-pot tandem oxidative/C–H modification amidation process using ultrasmall PdNP-encapsulated porous organosilica nanotubes

“… 23 Accordingly, the immobilization of metal nanoparticles in solid supports such as PMO is an attractive strategy, which in addition to increasing lipophilicity can improve their recovery and diminish their tendency to agglomerate and leach. 24 For this reason, many attempts have been reported that use PMOs for organic transformations, including Pd (nano) /MNP@IL-SiO 2 , 25 Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @PMO, 26 Pd-MPMO, 27 Sc(OTf) 2 -SO 3 Ph-PMO, 28 Cu@PMO NCs, 29 Porph@PMO and Pic@PMO. 30 Despite the remarkable success of active and efficient heterogeneous catalysts, the design and development of sustainable and green catalysts continues to be an important and imperative challenge.…”

Template-free synthesis of hybrid silica nanoparticle with functionalized mesostructure for efficient methylene blue removal

“…Recently adsorbents designed from agricultural wastes have gained interest due to their low cost, although their low adsorption capacity makes them unattractive for commercial exploitation [11,12]. Among adsorbents, MSNs have attracted a lot of attention, owing to their docile nature, high stability, and potential applications in the field of drug delivery [13,14], bio-molecule delivery [15,16], bioimaging [15], and many more areas [17][18][19][20].…”