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Rather than focusing solely on maximizing intrinsic adsorption capacity, this study addresses these process-level limitations through an integrated design strategy combining particle morphology control with surface chemistry optimization. Uniform spherical magnesium silicate particles with a mean diameter of approximately 15 \u03bcm were synthesized via a water-in-oil emulsion route to suppress fines formation and reduce hydrodynamic resistance. Controlled acid pretreatment was subsequently applied to adjust surface hydroxyl accessibility and enable efficient amine grafting without altering bulk composition. The optimized spherical magnesium silicate amine adsorbents exhibited pronounced humidity-enhanced carbon dioxide capture, achieving capacities of 1.7 to 1.8 millimoles\/g at 50% relative humidity, representing an approximately fourfold increase compared with dry conditions. This enhancement is attributed to a humidity-induced mechanistic transition from carbamate formation under dry conditions to water-assisted bicarbonate formation under humid conditions. Complete regeneration was achieved at 100 \u00b0C, with stable adsorption desorption behavior maintained over ten consecutive cycles, demonstrating short-term reversibility. These findings highlight morphology controlled scalability. Future work should prioritize durability beyond 100 cycles, mechanical robustness, and techno-economic viability at scale.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma19030588","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,3]],"date-time":"2026-02-03T10:48:01Z","timestamp":1770115681000},"page":"588","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Spherical MgSiO3\u2013NH2 Adsorbents with Optimized Surface Chemistry for Humidity-Enhanced Direct Air CO2 Capture"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Sungho","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Science, Daejin University, 1007, Hoguk-ro, Pocheon-si 11159, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hyeok-Jung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Architecture Engineering and Civil Engineering, Hoseo University, 20, Hoseo-ro 79 beon-gil, Baebang-eup, Asan-si 31499, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6984","DOI":"10.1002\/anie.201906756","article-title":"Sorbents for the Direct Capture of CO2 from Ambient Air","volume":"59","author":"Shi","year":"2020","journal-title":"Angew. 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