@article {43825,
	title = {Amphi-functional mesoporous silica nanoparticles for dye separation},
	journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry A},
	volume = {5},
	year = {2017},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {14914-14921},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Synthesis of amphi-functional mesoporous silica nanoparticles (similar to 80 nm) by stepwise chemical modifications of outer and inner pore surfaces is reported. These materials display a clear "Janus" like character and are able to selectively and completely separate hydrophobic dyes form a mixture of dyes. Our results clearly suggest a clear partition of more hydrophobic dyes into the pores from a mixture of two dyes. In addition this material displays a remarkable recycling ability for 10 cycles with up to similar to 99\% dye removal from water.},
	doi = {10.1039/c7ta03904b},
	author = {Shinde, Pravin and Sen Gupta, Sayam and Singh, Baljeet and Polshettiwar, Vivek and Prasad, Bhagavatula L. V.}
}
