NanoBioMedical Centre 1 article published in JoVE Chemistry Surface Properties of Synthesized Nanoporous Carbon and Silica Matrices Angelina Sterczyńska1, Małgorzata Śliwińska-Bartkowiak1,2, Małgorzata Zienkiewicz-Strzałka3, Anna Deryło-Marczewska3 1Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, 2NanoBioMedical Centre, 3Department of Physicochemistry of Solid Surface, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Here we report the synthesis and characterization of ordered nanoporous carbon (with a 4.6 nm pore size) and SBA-15 (with a 5.3 nm pore size). The work describes the surface and textural properties of nanoporous molecular sieves, their wettability, and the melting behavior of D2O confined in the materials.