Advanced Porous Solid Materials and Porous Liquid Materials for Separation, Purification and Catalysis
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Porous Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 22
Special Issue Editors
Interests: porous liquids; solvent-free nanofluids; metal–organic framework; gas adsorption and separation; membrane-based gas separation; adsorption of heavy metal ions; mass transfer enhancement of nano-micro interface; the process intensification in gas adsorption-absorption
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Interests: porous liquids; metal–organic framework; metal-organic cage; ionic liquids; deep eutectic solvents; solvent-free nanofluids; gas separation; membrane-based gas separation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Porous materials are a class of materials that possess pores (cavities, channels or interstices). According to the existence forms, they can be classified into two categories: porous solids and porous liquids (PLs). For the former, they include microporous zeolites, mesoporous silica, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), metal–organic cages, and porous organic cages. For the latter, they specifically refer to a novel type of liquid-porous materials that integrate the features of flowing liquid and porous solid systems. Both porous solids and porous liquids have demonstrated promising prospects in various applications, such as the adsorption and separation of gases or light hydrocarbons, catalysts or catalytic supports, chemical sensors, and the desulfurization of fuel oil, among others.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the recent progress in the design, synthesis, processing, characterization, and applications of advanced porous solid materials and porous liquids. Considering your prominent contributions to this field, we wish to cordially invite you to submit an article to this Special Issue. Full research papers and review articles are welcome. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the topics mentioned above.
Dr. Dechao Wang
Dr. Yaping Zheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- porous solid materials
- porous liquids
- metal–organic frameworks, porous silicas
- process intensification
- covalent organic frameworks (COFs)
- metal–organic cages
- porous organic cages
- porous carbon
- applications
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