Al-MCM-41: An Efficient and Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Synthesis of β-Hydroxy Thiocyanates in Water by Soheil Sayyahi, Saied Menati, Mehri Karamipour

“…The reaction was carried out in water without any organic solvent at 40°C, using Al-MCM-41 (a mesoporous aluminosilicate) as catalyst. In this method, several types of epoxides carrying electron-donating or withdrawing groups were rapidly converted to the corresponding β-hydroxy thiocyanates in good from excellent yields. …”
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Guest-Host Interactions in Symmetrical Carboxy Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes-Titanium Dioxide Systems: Synthesis, Theoretical Calculations, Aggregation Properties, and Application in D... by Rodrigo da Costa Duarte, Matheus Costa de Oliveira, Josene Maria Toldo, Paulo Fernando Bruno Gonçalves, Marcos José Leite Santos, Fabiano Severo Rodembusch

“…In this work, the role of deoxycholic acid (DCA) as a coadsorbent was investigated in the sensitization of mesoporous TiO2 layers (host) with symmetrical carboxy heptamethine cyanine dyes (guest). …”
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Adsorption Isotherms of Methylene Blue in Aqueous Solution onto Activated Carbons Developed from Vine Shoots () by Physical and Chemical Methods by María Ruiz-Fernández, María Alexandre-Franco, Carmen Fernández-González, Vicente Gómez-Serrano

“…Physical activation yielded mainly macroporous CAs, whereas chemical activation gave rise to mainly mesoporous CAs with high micro- and macro-pore contents. …”
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Fractal Characteristics of Pore Structure of Longmaxi Shales with Different Burial Depths in Southern Sichuan and Its Geological Significance by Manping Yang, Yanyan Pan, Hongye Feng, Qiang Yan, Yanjun Lu, Wanxin Wang, Yu Qi, Hongjian Zhu

“…The fractal dimensions of the micropores (D_C), mesoporous surface (D_N1), and mesoporous structure (D_N2) of outcrop shale are 2.6728~2.7245, 2.5612~2.5838, and 2.7911~2.8042, respectively. …”
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Versatile Bottom-Up Approach to Nanostructured Functional Materials for Optoelectronic Applications by Giorgio Macchi, Francesco Meinardi, Patrizia Valsesia, Riccardo Tubino

“…A versatile strategy to load ordered mesoporous silica-based materials with functional molecular building blocks in order to obtain host-guest systems exhibiting specific functions is described. …”
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Synthesis of Fatty Alcohols from Oil Palm Using a Catalyst of Ni-Cu Supported onto Zeolite by L. Giraldo, G. Camargo, J. Tirano, J. C. Moreno-Piraján

“…The results show that the samples exhibited typical hexagonal arrangement of mesoporous structure with high surface area and the heteroatoms were probably incorporated into the framework of ZSM-5. …”
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Evaluation of Optimal Pore Size of (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane Grafted MCM-41 for Improved CO2 Adsorption by Zhilin Liu, Yang Teng, Kai Zhang

“…The pore expanded MCM-41 was also grafted with (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) to determine the optimal pore size for CO2 adsorption. The pore-expanded mesoporous MCM-41s showed relatively less structural regularity but significant increments of pore diameter (4.64 to 7.50 nm); the fraction of mesopore volume also illustrated an increase. …”
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Zn-Doped SnO2 Compact Layer for Enhancing Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells by Chenjun Yang, Mengwei Chen, Jiaqi Wang, Haifei Lu

“…Zn-SnO2 compact layers with different doping concentrations were prepared and applied to mesoporous architecture PSCs. When the doping content was 5%, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the device based on the Zn-SnO2 compact layer has increased from 9.08% to 10.21%, with an increase of 12.44%. …”
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Study on Pore Structure of Shale Reservoir by Low Temperature Nitrogen Adsorption Method by Huaying Mi, Yujie Guo, Xiaogang Yu

“…The results indicate that the shale reservoir rocks from the study area are mainly mesoporous with an average pore size distribution between 2 and 50 nm. …”
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A Simple Microfluidic Chip Design for Fundamental Bioseparation by Alan S. Chan, Michael K. Danquah, Dominic Agyei, Patrick G. Hartley, Yonggang Zhu

“…The liquid chromatographic column was packed with mesoporous silica beads of Ia3d space group. Separation of dyes and biopolymers was carried out to verify the performance of the chip. …”
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Fabrication of γ-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles by Solid-State Thermolysis of a Metal-Organic Framework, MIL-100(Fe), for Heavy Metal Ions Removal by Shengtao Hei, Yan Jin, Fumin Zhang

“…Porous γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles were prepared via a solid-state conversion process of a mesoporous iron(III) carboxylate crystal, MIL-100(Fe). …”
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Hierarchical Low Si/Al Ratio Ferrierite Zeolite by Sequential Postsynthesis Treatment: Catalytic Assessment in Dehydration Reaction of Methanol by Enrico Catizzone, Massimo Migliori, Alfredo Aloise, Rossella Lamberti, Girolamo Giordano

“…The obtained materials exhibit a mesoporous volume higher than the parent ferrierite with no significant effect on the sample acidity. …”
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Oligonucleotides as a Novel Therapeutic Approach: An Innovative Area for Drug Delivery in Neurological Disorders by Yasir Qasim Almajidi, Rana Kadum Muslim, Yaseen T. khalf

“…To overcome this pitfall, this review focuses on oligonucleotide-based novel strategies including liposomes, carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, solid lipid nanoparticles, nano lipid carriers, polymeric nanoparticles, mesoporous silica, dendrimers, aptamers, nanobodies etc. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Ni-Doped Calcium Silicate Hydrate Based on Steel Slag: Adsorption Capacity for Rhodamine B from Aqueous Solution by Lu Zeng, Ligang Yang

“…The addition of Ni(NO3)2 had great influence on microstructure of the composites, and SCSH possesses a mesoporous structure with slit-shaped pores, but NSCSH has narrow distributions of pore size. …”
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Preparation and Structural Properties of Bimetallic Noble Metals Nanoparticles in SBA-15 Systems by M. Zienkiewicz-Strzałka, S. Pikus

“…New noble bimetallic materials composed of platinum/silver, platinum/palladium and palladium/silver arrangements of nanoparticles supported on mesoporous ordered silica support were obtained and characterized. …”
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Evaluation of sorption properties of biochar produced by hydrothermal liquefaction of Phragmites australis by Natalia A. Muravieva, Yuliya V. Kulikova, Olga O. Babich

“…Based on the results of porous structure evaluation, the mesoporous structure of the obtained coals was discovered. …”
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Mechanistic and Experimental Aspects of the Structural Characterization of Some Model and Real Systems by Nitrogen Sorption and Mercury Porosimetry by Carlos Felipe, Fernando Rojas, Isaac Kornhauser, Matthias Thommes, Giorgio Zgrablich

“…Several mechanistic and phenomenological aspects of mercury intrusion and nitrogen sorption processes involving some model and real mesoporous systems were studied. The experimental pore systems examined consisted of two substrates: (a) a globular solid composed of monodisperse silica spheres in a perfect rhombohedral arrangement and (b) a controlled pore glass solid. …”
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Functionalized Activated Carbon Derived from Biomass for Photocatalysis Applications Perspective by Samira Bagheri, Nurhidayatullaili Muhd Julkapli, Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid

“…The catalytic treatment corresponding to mild condition provided a bulk, mesoporous, and nanostructure AC materials. These characteristics of AC materials are necessary for the low energy and efficient photocatalytic system. …”
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Electrochemical Characterization of Nanoporous Nickel Oxide Thin Films Spray-Deposited onto Indium-Doped Tin Oxide for Solar Conversion Scopes by Muhammad Awais, Denis P. Dowling, Franco Decker, Danilo Dini

“…This scalable procedure allowed the attainment of NiOx films with mesoporous morphology and reticulated structure. The electrochemical characterization showed that NiOx electrodes possess large surface area (about 1000 times larger than their geometrical area). …”
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Removal of Nickel(II) from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorption with Modified ZSM- 5 Zeolites by P. Panneerselvam, V. Sathya Selva Bala, N. Thinakaran, P. Baskaralingam, M. Palanichamy, S. Sivanesan

“…Experiments were carried out as a function of solute concentration and different temperatures. Mesoporous material of ZSM-5 zeolite was modified with phosphoric acid by wet method. …”
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