Diffusion under Confinement in Nanopores
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Porous Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2015) | Viewed by 14871
Special Issue Editors
Interests: transport in porous materials with hierarchy of pore sizes; dynamics in room temperature ionic liquids; single-file diffusion in nanochannels; separations of greenhouse gases
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Interests: micro-imaging of diffusion in nanoporous materials; host-guest interactions; mixture diffusion; reaction-diffusion patterns
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent development and improvement of the experimental techniques capable of monitoring transport of quest molecules in microporous and mesoporous materials in a broad range of length scales, guest concentrations and temperatures leads to a new level of understanding of the influence of confinement in pores on diffusion. Combining this new knowledge from experimental studies with molecular-level and multiscale computer simulations of transport phenomena has a potential for the development of the knowledge-based strategies of the design of porous solids, which are optimized for specific applications. Such applications include catalysis, separations, molecular storage and sensor development. In many cases, the materials of interest for these applications exhibit a broad distribution or even a hierarchy of pore sizes. Functionalization of pore walls with various types of active groups adds to the complexity of pore structures. Such complexity of pore structures leads to a complexity of intrapore diffusion. In addition to normal, i.e. Fickian diffusion the confinement in nanopores can also result in anomalous diffusion, such as single-file diffusion in nanochannels. This Special Issue focuses on all aspects of molecular transport in microporous and mesoporous materials including porous membranes, catalysts and sensors.
Dr. Sergey Vasenkov
Dr. Christian Chmelik
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microporous
- mesoporous
- hierarchical materials
- hybrid materials
- molecular diffusion
- permeation
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