Abstract
The outstanding journey towards the investigation of mesoporous materials commences with the discovery of high surface area porous silica materials, named MCM-41 (Mobil Composition of Matter-41) according to the inventors’ name Mobile scientists in the United States. Based on a self-assembled supramolecular templating mechanism, the synthesis of mesoporous silica has extended to wide varieties of silica categories along with versatile applications of all these types in many fields. These silica families have some extraordinary structural features, like highly tunable nanoscale sized pore diameter, good Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface areas, good flexibility to accommodate different organic and inorganic functional groups, metals etc., onto their surface. As a consequence, thousands of scientists and researchers throughout the world have reported numerous silica materials in the form of published articles, communication, reviews, etc. Beside this, attention is also given to the morphology-oriented synthesis of silica nanoparticles and their significant effects on the emerging fields of study like catalysis, energy applications, sensing, environmental, and biomedical research. This review highlights a consolidated overview of those morphology-based mesoporous silica particles, emphasizing their syntheses and potential role in many promising fields of research.
Highlights
In recent time, porous silica is one of the most significant developments in the nanotechnology world
Similar “dual templating” technique is employed by Qiao et al, to prepare periodic mesoporous silicas (PMOs) hollow spheres functionalized with different functional groups like –SH, –NH2, micelles produce surrounding coating by a liquid crystal templating (LCT) process that determines the shell wall structure
Another interesting report has been made by Chang and co-workers, who presented the synthesis of multishelled hollow mesoporous silica microspheres with single-shell, double-shell, and yolk−shell morphology in a CTAB-TEOS
Summary
Porous silica is one of the most significant developments in the nanotechnology world. A simple non-polar generation ofpore mesoporous silica different morphologies, variable surface area, solvent-assisted. Wang and his co-workers to synthesize pore size, as well as orientation of the pore channels [12]. Periodic mesoporous et al, while using various organic moieties [14] These morphology-controlled syntheses silica silicas (PMOs) with hollow spherical structure have been developed by Teng et al, while using of various nanoparticles are[14]. Quite popular now-a-days, due tosyntheses the potential rolenanoparticles of these materials in multiple organic moieties These morphology-controlled of silica are quite popular areas of research [2,6]. Interesting morphologies and theirmorphologies pivotal role inand many applied fields
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