Functionalized mesoporous silica for heavy metal and phosphate capture in GI tract

Well-ordered mesoporous silica has emerged in the past decade as a promising platform in nanomedicine and biomedical applications due to its unique characteristics such as ease of synthesis and surface modification, large surface area and pore volume, controllable pore size and particle size, and bio-compatibility. Synthesis conditions can be adjusted to produce particles with sizes ranging from nanoscale to microscale suitable for diverse applications.