“…28 Besides the more complex synthesis procedure, there are also drawbacks of the post-synthesis functionalization, because of the non-even coverage of the pore surfaces by the attached groups, or even blocking the pore entrances, especially in materials with relatively small pore sizes such as MCM-41. 29 In studies of mesoporous silica particles used as drug carriers, either the performance of the prepared original material is analyzed, or particles having different geometries, 16,22,26,27,29 pore sizes, 7,15,26,29 or functionalized with different molecular groups, [17][18][19][20][21]25,29 are compared. While for developing materials with the required release performance, the common approach is to find a suitable functionalization, there is a shortage of studies in which the release properties are finetuned by the continuous variation of the pore morphology or pore surface hydrophobicity.…”