AN OVERVIEW OF THE SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS OF SILICA MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

Violeta Niculescu¹, Ramona Ene², Viorica Parvulescu²

¹National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies - ICIT Rm. Valcea, code 240050 - Rm. Valcea, Uzinei 4, CP7 Raureni, Valcea, Romania, phone: 0040 250 736979, fax: 0040 250 732746, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
²Institute of Physical Chemistry, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania

ABSTRACT

During the past two decades, the development of novel mesoporous materials have been at the forefront of the development of materials science, and therefore they are expected to find applications in fields of catalysis, separation, sensor, drug delivery, and electronics, etc. This paper is aimed to give a brief introduction to the background of the synthesis, characterization and applications of the silica mesoporous crystals.

KEYWORDS: mesoporous materials, silica, catalysis.