Novel Nano-Materials: Material Characterization and Structural Analysis

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".

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This Special Issue aims to gather and disseminate cutting-edge research on novel nano-materials, focusing on their characterization and structural analysis. This Special Issue seeks to showcase the latest advancements in the field of nano-materials and highlight innovative methodologies, advanced techniques, and significant findings that contribute to the understanding of nano-materials' properties and applications. We encourage scholars to submit original research and review articles on interdisciplinary research from various fields, including but not limited to physics, chemistry, materials science, electronic engineering, and biomedical engineering.

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  • Synthesis of novel nano-materials;
  • Advanced characterization techniques;
  • Structural analysis and modeling;
  • Properties of nano-materials;
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  • nano-materials
  • material characterization
  • structural analysis
  • synthesis methods
  • advanced techniques
  • properties of nano-materials
  • applications of nano-materials

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The Mn-Doped UiO-66 Nano-Catalysts for Low-Temperature CO-SCR
by Ying Ma, Ren Li, Lingyu Gao and Hanbing He
Crystals 2025, 15(3), 231; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst15030231 - 28 Feb 2025
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Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are demonstrated to exhibit high catalytic activity for their unique porous structure and dispersed active centers. In this paper, a Mn-doped UiO-66 catalyst was successfully synthesized using a one-step solvothermal method and was applied for the first time to the [...] Read more.
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are demonstrated to exhibit high catalytic activity for their unique porous structure and dispersed active centers. In this paper, a Mn-doped UiO-66 catalyst was successfully synthesized using a one-step solvothermal method and was applied for the first time to the low-temperature selective catalytic reduction of NO by CO (CO-SCR). The addition of Mn increased the average particle size and specific surface area of UiO-66. Compared with pure UiO-66, the NO conversion rate of Mn1/6-UiO-66 in a sulfur-free environment increased from 89% to 98% at 150 °C due to the higher number of active sites and the synergistic catalytic effect of the doped metals. In a sulfur-containing environment, the NO conversion rate at 250 °C remained above 96% in 8 h. Full article
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