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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2012, Article ID 528174, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2012/528174 Research Article Formation of Mesoporous Materials from Silica Dissolved in Various NaOH Concentrations: Effect of pH and Ionic Strength Jayhyun Park,1 Yosep Han,2 and Hyunjung Kim3 1 RD Team, Institute of Mine Reclamation Corporation, Coal Center, 30 Chungjin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-727, Republic of Korea 2 Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, number 17 Heangdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea 3 Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Engineering, Chonbuk National University, 664-14 Duckjin-dong 1Ga, Duckjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-756, Republic of Korea Correspondence should be addressed to Hyunjung Kim, kshjkim@jbnu.ac.kr Received 25 March 2012; Accepted 24 May 2012 Academic Editor: Hongchen Chen Gu Copyright © 2012 Jayhyun Park et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We describe the effects of NaOH/SiO2 ratio and pH on the formation of mesoporous materials, which was synthesized via an alkali- metal hydroxide fusion method, from amorphous silica dissolved in NaOH. Physical properties (e.g., specific surface area, pore volume, and pore size) of mesoporous materials synthesized at different conditions (i.e., pH, NaOH/SiO2 ratio) were evaluated through X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption-desorption, and transmission electron microscope analyses. The results showed that, at the NaOH/SiO2 ratios of 0.5, 1, and 2, gels were successfully synthesized while no product was formed at the NaO