Templated growth formation of mesoporous silica materials: a soft-hard template approach

Reva Edra Nugraha
Nur Aini Fauziyah (Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Surabaya 60294, Indonesia)
Guardiola Rosa Wira (Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Surabaya 60294, Indonesia)

Nusantara Science and Technology Proceedings
3rd International Conference Eco-Innovation in Science, Engineering, and Technology

Mesoporous silica is continuously raising in popularity due to its excellent and unique properties, such as customizable pore, surface shape/morphology, large pore volume, and ease of functionalization for wide applications like catalysis, energy, environment, and biomedical areas. In the templated growth synthesis, a template acts as a mesostructure-directing agent to produce hollow porous structures in silica frameworks. Templates can be divided into "hard" and "soft" templates. While soft templates are typically in a fluid-like condition and hard templates are typically solid-state materials with specific morphology and structure. In this minireview, we summarize the synthesis method of mesoporous silica with a soft-hard template approach (template-assisted method).