True liquid crystal templating of SBA-15 with reduced microporosity

Mesoporous silica SBA-15 was synthesised by the true liquid crystal templating method, yielding a material with reduced microporosity compared with that produced by the more conventional liquid crystal templating route. Further advancements allow the generation of metal nanoparticle-doped SBA-15 materials with well-defined metal particle sizes, which posses potential as catalytic systems.

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► SBA-15 was prepared using true liquid crystal templating.
► The SBA-15 so obtained had reduced microporosity.
► This is a simple way to reduced micoporosity SBA-15.
► The method can be used for one-pot preparation of SBA-15 doped with Pd and Pt nanoparticles.