Mesoporous Silica Container Particles: New Approaches and New Opportunities

The review analyzes the general trends of the studies devoted to the encapsulation of various functional compounds (from drugs to corrosion inhibitors) in silica mesoporous container particles (MCPs). The main focus is on discussing new approaches to creating such structures. Primarily, they are approaches that allow one to combine the stages of the synthesis of MCPs and their loading with one or several targeted substances. The data available from the literature have been used to show the advantages and promises of such one-stage approaches to solving problems relevant to providing MCPs with high content of encapsulated substances and controlling the rate of their release.