Synthesis, functionalization, and applications of morphology-controllable silica-based nanostructures: A review

B Sun, G Zhou, H Zhang - Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Morphology-controllable silica-based nanostructures (MC SiO 2 Ns) have been
comprehensively studied because of their potential practical applications in various fields …

A simple approach to prepare monodisperse mesoporous silica nanospheres with adjustable sizes

M Yu, L Zhou, J Zhang, P Yuan, P Thorn, W Gu… - Journal of colloid and …, 2012 - Elsevier
A new and facile approach has been developed to prepare monodisperse mesoporous
silica nanospheres (MMSNs) with controlled particle sizes and pore structures. In our …

Meso-and macroporous silica-based arsenic adsorbents: effect of pore size, nature of the active phase, and silicon release

MS Angotzi, V Mameli, C Cara, KBL Borchert… - Nanoscale …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Arsenic pollution in ground and drinking water is a major problem worldwide due to the
natural abundance of arsenic by dissolution from ground sediment or mining activities from …

Understanding the effect of surface chemistry of mesoporous silica nanorods on their vaccine adjuvant potency

Y Yang, M Jambhrunkar, PL Abbaraju… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles are reported as adjuvants in nanovaccines in generating
robust antigen‐specific immunity. However, the effect of surface chemistry in initiating and …

Synthesis of silica vesicles with controlled entrance size for high loading, sustained release, and cellular delivery of therapeutical proteins

J Zhang, S Karmakar, M Yu, N Mitter, J Zou, C Yu - Small, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A rationally designed two‐step synthesis of silica vesicles is developed with the formation of
vesicular structure in the first step and fine control over the entrance size by tuning the …

Stepwise pore size reduction of ordered nanoporous silica materials at angstrom precision

S Jambhrunkar, M Yu, J Yang, J Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A facile vacuum-assisted vapor deposition process has been developed to control the pore
size of ordered mesoporous silica materials in a stepwise manner with angstrom precision …

The impact of ethanol and chlorobenzene in the structure regulation of dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles

J Feng, Y Liu, C Liu, W Hu, C Zhang, S Li… - Microporous and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since their discovery in early 1990s [1, 2], ordered mesoporous silica materials with uniform
pore sizes and adjustable mesostructures have found versatile applications …

Controlled synthesis of hexagonal mesostructure silica and macroporous ordered siliceous foams for VOCs adsorption

H Wang, X Rong, L Han, M Tang, M Yu, J Zhang… - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, ordered hexagonal mesostructure siliceous materials and macroporous
ordered siliceous foams were synthesized in pH= 5 buffer solution by simply adjusting the …

Controlled release of volatile (−)-menthol in nanoporous silica materials

J Zhang, M Yu, P Yuan, G Lu, C Yu - Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and …, 2011 - Springer
In this work, a series of nanoporous silica materials have been prepared as adsorbents for
volatile (−)-menthol, a molecule widely used in food, pharmacy, and cosmetics. The …

A concentration-dependent insulin immobilization behavior of alkyl-modified silica vesicles: the impact of alkyl chain length

J Zhang, L Zhang, C Lei, X Huang, Y Yang, C Yu - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
The insulin immobilization behaviors of silica vesicles (SV) before and after modification with
hydrophobic alkyl-C8 and-C18 groups have been studied and correlated to the grafted alkyl …