Ordered mesoporous materials such as FSM-16 have
excellent physical properties including a huge
specific surface area, nanometer scale-fine pores
and high stability that are merits for use as
a catalyst and an adsorbent. However, the application
of the mesoporous materials is limited to the
narrow range because of its poor surface properties
such as specific catalysis and adsorption due
to their amorphous silica pore walls. It is important
to provide novel adsorption and catalytic properties
onto the pore walls to extend the uses of the
mesoporous materials. Here, we report the synthesis
and properties of three kinds of mesoporous materials
possessing controlled pore wall structures. The
mesoporous materials containing organic groups
within the pore walls showed a high separation
of organic compounds. Furthermore, the mesoporous
materials containing functional organic groups
are expected to show acid catalysis, proton conductivity
and an ion-exchange property. The mesoporous TiXPO4
showed photo-catalytic activity for water decomposition
that generated hydrogen. The mesoporous material
having a microporosity within the pore walls had
a higher separation of gases than FSM-16 and zeolite
Y.