Huan Zhou,Ying Yang,Mengmeng Yang,Wenjie Wang,Yaping Bi
Mesoporous hydroxyapatite is widely applied in biomedical and environmental fields due to its high surface area and adsorption capacity. In current work a one-step hydrothermal method to synthesize mesoporous HA was developed with the assistance of a cost-effective template vitamin C. It was observed the pore size and morphology of hydrothermally synthesized HA were correlated to applied solution composition. A combination of calcium hydroxide, orthophosphate, and vitamin C can finally result in mesoporous rod-like HA nanoparticles with surface area of 88 m 2 .g −1 and pore size of 15.7 nm on average. The mesoporous HA exhibited enhanced adsorption of model drug doxorubicin in comparison to conventionally synthesized HA as expected. Consequently, this work provides new pathway to prepare mesoporous HA with advantages of economy and convenience.
Luminescent mesoporous materials were prepared by performing an anion metathesis reaction on ionic liquid modified SBA15, which has imidazolium chloride bridging units. The lanthanide β-diketonate complex anion was successfully anchored onto the SBA15 framework after the anion metathesis reaction. The resulting materials were characterized by FTIR, TEM, TGA, small-angle X-ray powder diffraction (SAXRD) and nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms. The photoluminescent properties of these materials were investigated in detail, and the results reveal that these hybrid mesoporous SBA15, prepared through this preparation approach, present favorable photoluminescent behavior such as high luminescent quantum efficiencies and long luminescent lifetimes.
Xiaoyun Chen,Dong-Hau Kuo,Dongfang Lu,Yongxuan Hou,Yen-Rong Kuo
Mesoporous TiO 2 was synthesized by a hydrolysis precipitation method with the utilization of the biological renewable resource of lignin as template and TiCl 4 as reactant. The photocatalytic activity of TiO 2 was investigated by the degradation of phenol under UV light irradiation. The microstructure, crystallinity , powder characteristic, and chemical bonding of the catalyst were analyzed. The 500 °C-calcined TiO 2 had average crystallite size of about 11.1 nm and a mesoporous structure with specific area of 165.8 m 2 /g and pore volume of 0.312 cm 3 /g. The results showed that TiO 2 synthesized with lignin template exhibited high photocatalytic activity, which can be attributed to the electronegativity and the network skeleton of lignin to uniformly distribute the TiO 2 precursor for forming TiO 2 mesoporous particles. The mechanism for the improved photodegradation of the lignin-assisted TiO 2 was proposed.
Di Wu,Jing Ye,Lie Chen,Yongzheng Wang,Kai Fang,Mingjiang Xie,Luming Peng,Xuefeng Guo,Weiping Ding
Crystalline mesoporous γ-Fe2O3 with a high surface area was prepared by a novel solvent-free route. This material exhibits a high reversible capacity with superior cycle performance and an exceptional high-rate capability as an anode material for Li-ion batteries.