Synthesis and Characterization of Porous Hybrid Nanomaterials

A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Synthesis, Interfaces and Nanostructures".

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Interests: adsorption processes for environmental protection; porous hybrid materials; tailored surface modification; nanomaterials and nanocomposites; silica- and carbon-based functional materials
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Dear Colleagues,

Hybrid materials constitute a synergistic combination of organic and inorganic components at the nanometer or even molecular level. New generations of hybrid materials and nanocomposites with tailorable surface properties are finding increasing applications in many areas, such as environmental protection, sorption technologies, filtration processes, biomedicine, sensing, and biosensing, (photo)catalysis, as well as multifunctional coatings. Proper design of porosity is of paramount importance, as the porous structure (along with surface chemistry) determines the key properties associated with practical applications in the above-mentioned areas.

Therefore, the precise characterization of their structural, morphological, and physicochemical features, including their surface chemistry, is of paramount importance, since the properties of performance and cost correlation determine the possible practical applications in the abovementioned areas.

It is our pleasure to invite you to publish your work in this Special Issue of Materials entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of Porous Hybrid Nanomaterials” in the form of full articles, communications, or reviews. The aim of this Special Issue is to gather articles describing new concepts related to the synthesis, functionalization, characterization, and application of different classes of porous hybrid materials and systems.

Dr. Mariusz Barczak
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Keywords

  • hybrid materials
  • functional materials
  • porous materials
  • surface chemistry
  • surface functionalization
  • sol-gel method
  • xerogels
  • aerogels
  • hydrogels
  • porosity

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Mesoporous Silicas Obtained by Time-Controlled Co-Condensation: A Strategy for Tuning Structure and Sorption Properties
by Mariusz Barczak, Dorota Pietras-Ożga, Moaaz K. Seliem, Giacomo de Falco, Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis and Konstantinos Triantafyllidis
Nanomaterials 2023, 13(14), 2065; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/nano13142065 - 13 Jul 2023
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Mesoporous silicas synthesized by the co-condensation of two and three different silica monomers were synthesized by varying the time intervals between the addition of individual monomers, while the total time interval was kept constant. This resulted in different structural properties of the final [...] Read more.
Mesoporous silicas synthesized by the co-condensation of two and three different silica monomers were synthesized by varying the time intervals between the addition of individual monomers, while the total time interval was kept constant. This resulted in different structural properties of the final silicas, particularly in their porosity and local ordering. One of the obtained samples exhibited an unusual isotherm with two hysteresis loops and its total pore volume was as high as 2.2 cm3/g. In addition, to be thoroughly characterized by a wide range of instrumental techniques, the obtained materials were also employed as the adsorbents and release platforms of a diclofenac sodium (DICL; used here as a model drug). In the case of DICL adsorption and release, differences between the samples were also revealed, which confirms the fact that time control of a monomer addition can be successfully used to fine-tune the properties of organo-silica materials. Full article
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