Crystalline Adsorbents—in Theory and Practice

Dear Colleagues,

Crystalline adsorbents, such as zeolites and clays, possess a highly order structured, which makes them favourable in various practical applications because of their well-predictable and consistent sorptive behaviour. Novel zeolite- and clay-like, geopolymers, and hybrid and composite adsorbent materials are introduced to the market almost every year, opening opportunities for the advancement of practical applications, including water treatment and remediation, gas adsorption and separation, and soil remediation.

This Issue is aimed to be multidisciplinary, involving theoretical and computational aspects of material design and engineering, material property prediction, e.g., quantitative structure–property relationships, as well as molecular dynamics to further the fundamental understanding of intermolecular interactions.

Practical and engineering works involving crystalline adsorbents are also welcome. Novel practical applications for crystalline adsorbents are especially interesting.

We invite researchers to contribute to the Special Issue titled “Crystalline Adsorbents—in Theory and Practice”, which is intended to serve as a unique multidisciplinary forum on theoretical, computational, and experimental science and engineering, including technology and application of crystalline adsorbents.

 The potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Synthesis, development, and characterization of crystalline adsorbents
• Zeolite and zeolite-like materials
• Clays and clay-like materials
• Composite and hybrid sorbents
• Quantitative structure–property relationships
• Computational property prediction and modelling
• Water treatment and remediation
• Gas adsorption and separation
• Soil remediation
• Novel practical applications of crystalline adsorbents

Dr. Andrey E. Krauklis
Prof. Dr. Maris Klavins
Ms. Rūta Ozola-Davidāne
Dr. Christian Wolfgang Karl
Dr. Juris Burlakovs
Guest Editors

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