Advanced Porous Solid Materials and Porous Liquid Materials for Separation, Purification and Catalysis

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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