Physicochemical properties of calcined and functionalized

Sample	Surface area _BET (m²/g)	Pore Volume^a (cm³/g)	Pore Size^b (nm)	Amount of aminopropyl group^c (wt%)	Nitrogen Content (wt%)^d	Curcumin loading Content (wt%)^e	CurcuminLoading efficiency (wt%)^f



MCM-Calcined	963	0.868	2.43	-	-	-	-
KCC-Calcined	585	0.91	3.36	-	-	-	-
MCM-NH₂	500	0.75	1.87	5.49	2.91	-	-
KCC-NH₂	172	0.385	2.88	8.92	3.42	-	-
MCM-NH₂-Cur	80	0.172	1.642	-	2.24	23.87	71.41
KCC-NH₂-Cur	88	0.203	2.22	-	2.75	24.49	73.57

^aPore volume calculated using DFT theory method.
^b Pore size calculated usingDFT theory method.
^c Calculated from TGA analysis.
^d Obtained from EDS analysis
^e& ^f Calculated from TGA analysis.

Table 1: Physicochemical properties of calcined and functionalized silica materials and drug-loaded of samples.