Efficient boron removal by using mesoporous matrices grafted with saccharides.

Highly efficient boron removal from water was achieved by using mesoporous silica materials functionalised with saccharides.

Silica-based powders and monoliths with bimodal pore systems.

Porous pure and doped silicas with pore sizes at two length scales (meso/macroporous) have been prepared and shaped both as powders and monoliths through a one-pot surfactant assisted procedure by using a simple template agent and starting from atrane complexes as inorganic precursors.