Synthesis of Mesoporous Materials Formation Mechanism

2 Modification of Mesoporous Materials Expanding Their Applications 

The application of pure siliceous materials is limited because of the inherent catalytically inactive nature of unmodified mesoporous materials. Mesoporous silica needs to be modified in order to expand its applications. For more information, readers are referred to a huge number of reviews dealing with the modification of mesoporous silicas and applications [88-91]. Nevertheless, in this section, we address a brief summary of the different strategies and some interesting applications in the development of cleaner technologies. 

Pathway Name Template pH Temperature (°C) Space group Pore range (nm) References 

Finally, the immobihzation of metal catalytic complexes on mesoporous materials deserves to be mentioned in this section [91]. The challenge is to retain the catalytic properties of the unsupported metal complex (homogeneous catalyst) in 

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