PREFACE INTRODUCTION SYNTHESIS APPROACH OF MESOPOROUS MOLECULAR SIEVES Synthesis Hydrothermal Synthesis Removal of Template Basic Synthesis Acidic Synthesis Nonaqueous Syntheses Postsynthesis Treatment Stability of Mesoporous Materials Pore-Size Control MECHANISMS FOR FORMATION OF MESOPOROUS MATERIALS Introduction Synthesis Pathways Mesophase Tailoring Hard-Templating Approach STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION METHODS XRD Electron Microscopy NMR Physical Sorption REPRESENTATIVE MESOPOROUS SILICA MOLECULAR SIEVES D Mesostructures 3D Hexagonal Phases Cubic Phases Disordered Mesostructures DOPING IN MESOPOROUS MOLECULAR SIEVES Aluminum Doping Boron Doping Gallium and Indium Doping Germanium and Tin Doping Transition-Metal Doping MORPHOLOGY CONTROL The Methods and Techniques Typical Morphologies Magnetically Responsive Ordered Mesoporous Materials MESOPOROUS NONSILICA MATERIALS Mesoporous Carbon Mesoporous Polymers Mesoporous Nonsiliceous Oxides Mesoporous Metals Mesoporous Metal Chalcogenides Ordered Mesoporous Nonoxide Ceramic Materials Mesoporous Metal Nitrides, Carbides and Fluorides ORGANIC GROUP FUNCTIONALIZED MESOPOROUS SILICAS Synthetic Approaches Combinatorial Synthesis Accessibility to the Active Site and Applications Conclusions APPLICATIONS OF MESOPOROUS MOLECULAR SIEVES Catalysts and Carriers Biology, Separation and Adsorption Photoelectric Applications High-Tech Fields Such as Electromagnetism OUTLOOK INDEX