Thaidiazole containing N- and S-rich highly ordered periodic mesoporous organosilica for efficient removal of Hg(II) from polluted water

A new N- and S-rich highly ordered periodic mesoporous organosilica material DMTZ-PMO bearing thaidiazole and thiol moieties inside the pore-wall of 2D-hexagonal nanomaterial has been synthesized. DMTZ-PMO showed very high surface area (971 m2 g-1), efficient and fast removal of Hg2+ from polluted water with very high Hg2+ uptake capacity of 2081 mg g-1.