Incorporation of proteins in large pore SBA-15.

Ordered mesoporous silica (OMS) SBA-15 has morphological properties useful for many applications, including high surface area, hydrothermal mechanical stability and selective adjustable pore size. These properties make the SBA-15 interesting for many applications such as catalysis, big molecules selection and protein encapsulation. Usually, a pore diameter of 10 to 12 nm is obtained in a conventional synthesis process with Pluronic 123 template