Ammonium fluoride in hydrothermal synthesis of SBA-15 leads to short disordered mesochannels.
Adsorption capacity of the three target biomolecules is related to average pore size.
BSA adsorption and diffusion is enhanced in MCFs with average pore sizes of nearly 20 nm.
Small biomolecules diffuse indistinctively in either ordered SBA-15 or mesocellular foams.