PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a material usable for control in the releasing of an included substance and control in catalytic reaction.SOLUTION: The mesoporous inorganic material has a structure where one-dimensional pores are regularly arranged, and the port of each pore has a functional group capable of reversibly forming or cleaving a bond by the action of an oxidizer or a reducing agent.COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT【課題】内包物質の放出制御又は触媒反応の制御に用い得る材料を提供する。【解決手段】一次元細孔が規則的に配列した構造を有するメソポーラス無機材料であって、酸化剤もしくは還元剤の作用により可逆的に結合を形成もしくは開裂させ得る官能基を細孔口に有するメソポーラス無機材料。【選択図】図1