Zeolitic Materials: Structure, Properties, and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

As is well known, zeolites have received a great deal of attention from the scientific community in recent decades thanks to their easy accessibility and their peculiar properties. Zeolites, aluminosilicates of alkaline, and alkaline earth metals are characterized by open structures with tetrahedral geometry that give rise to an ordered three-dimensional framework with a negative charge, typically balanced by cations placed together with water molecules in cavities and/or channels of microporosity dimensions. Due to these outstanding features, zeolites, both of sedimentary origin or synthetic, modified or as such, have a variety of physical and chemical properties, i.e., ion exchange, adsorption, alkali metals reactivity, expansion tendency and thermal insulation, compressive strength, and durability, which have allowed their application in various sectors, such as environmental protection, agricultural and industrial fields, pharmaceutics, and medicine. More in detail, zeolites can be used in wastewater and gas purification, soil remediation, building materials production, catalysis, energy storage, and drug delivery.

The several application opportunities of zeolites have led to an in-depth study of their mineralogical, crystal structure and chemical properties, as well as their kinetic and thermodinamic behavior in the processes in which are involved, to better predict their achievements when applied in areas of technological interest.

Based on the long-term interest that zeolites have received from the scientific community, this Special Issue of Materials aims to highlight the present state of research on the characterization of zeolite materials, as well as of their applications in both traditional and innovative fields.

We are then very pleased to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue on “Zeolitic Materials: Structure, Properties, and Applications”.

Full research articles, short communications, and comprehensive review papers covering all aspects of research on zeolitic materials are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Bruno De Gennaro
Prof. Dr. Barbara Liguori
Dr. Abner Colella
Prof. Dr. Domenico Caputo
Guest Editors

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