Erratum: Ramanathan, A.; et al. Metal-Incorporated Mesoporous Silicates: Tunable Catalytic Properties and Applications. Molecules 2018, 23, 263
The authors wish to make the following change to their paper [1].[...].
Metal-Incorporated Mesoporous Silicates: Tunable Catalytic Properties and Applications
A relatively new class of three-dimensional ordered mesoporous silicates, KIT-6, incorporated with Earth-abundant metals such as Zr, Nb, and W (termed as M-KIT-6), show remarkable tunability of acidity and metal dispersion depending on the metal content, type, and synthetic method. The metal-incorporation is carried out using one-pot synthesis procedures that are amenable to easy scale-up. By such tuning, M-KIT-6 catalysts are shown to provide remarkable activity and selectivity in industrially-significant reactions, such as alcohol dehydration, ethylene epoxidation, and metathesis of 2-butene and ethylene. We review how the catalytic properties of M-KIT-6 materials may be tailored depending on the application to optimize performance.
Talented Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles
The structure and functionality of mesoporous silica nanoparticles can be tuned by means of numerous and diverse synthetic strategies. Focusing on experimental methods, we describe how pore size and pore topology of the mesopore system can be modified through templating and pore-swelling agents, as well as different synthesis conditions. Moreover, we show how the mesoporous nanoparticles can be functionalized through co-condensation methods with silane coupling agents, with specific emphasis on the spatially selective anchoring of different molecular functionalities within the nanoparticles. We discuss methods for changing the composition of the pore walls of the mesoporous particles, for example by including redox-sensitive sulfide bonds or by creating autofluorescent curcumin-containing mesoporous organosilica. The efficiency of targeted drug delivery applications strongly depends on morphological parameters such as size and shape of the mesoporous nanoparticles. It is demonstrated how the particle size...