1. New types of mesoporous silica materials

Figure 1.	The TEM images (a-c), SEM image (d) and time-resolved SAXS patterns of a new type of mesoporous MMT-1 silica with elliptical and helical nanochannels.
Figure 2.	XRD (a), SEM image (b) and TEM image (c) of hollow MCM-48 nanospheres.

 

 

2. Multifunctional mesoporous nanocomposites

Figure 3.	Schematic representation of the preparation route and the TEM images (b,c) of a novel Pd@SBA-15 nanocomposite with fully open mesopores and Pd in the micropores.
Figure 4.	TEM image (a) and magnetic measurement data (b) of a magnetically separable Fe2O3@SBA-15 nanocomposite with fully open mesopores,exhibiting large adsorption capacity of cytochrome c at physiological pH.

 

 

3. Metal oxide nanostructures

Figure 5.	XRD patterns (a) and TEM images (b-d) of carbon- coated anatase TiO2 nanocyrstals.
Figure 6.	SEM images (a,b) and TEM images (c,d) of flower- like TiO2 nanostructures.

 

 

1. Energy-related applications

Figure 7.	Mesoporous PtRu/C nanocomposites as highly active anode catalysts for direct methanol fuel cell.
Figure 8.	(a) Nitrogen physisorption isotherms of the TiO2 photoelectrode made from carbon-coated anatase TiO2 nanocrystals. (b) I-V curves of DSSC with different photoelectrode materials.

 

 

2. Green catalysis reactions

Figure 9.	Schematic representation of a novel type of Au@TiO2/SBA-15 nanocomposite catalysts for propene epoxidation by molecular oxygen.

 

3. Drug delivery（Partners：Prof. Ja-an Ho and Prof. Li-Chen Wu）

Figure 10.	Mesoporous silica nanoparticle (MSN, (a))-based biofunctionalized phospholipid-capped nanoshuttles (b) for targeted drug delivery.

 

 

4. Electronic nose systems

（Partners：Prof. Kea-Tiong Tang and Prof. Da-Jeng Yao）

Figure 11.	Nanocomposites of polymers and mesoporous carbons as sensing materials in array-type gas sensors (electronic nose systems).