Zeolites and Mesoporous Materials: Properties and Applications, 3rd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Zeolites and mesoporous materials are important from the perspective of scientific research, with their main applications spanning fields such as heterogeneous catalysts in petrochemical and other industries; biomass upgrading and the production of fine chemicals; water softening and purification; environmental pollution control; gas separation, purification and storage; agriculture and aquaculture; medicine and biotechnology; the deactivation and immobilization of hazardous substances; and nano-photonic and nano-sensor devices. The reasons why microporous zeolites and nanoporous materials have such versatile applications in many industrial processes are their unique properties, including channel systems, uniform pore dimensions, shape selectivity, resistance to coke formation and chemical, thermal and hydrothermal stability. Zeolites are also a fascinating subject of fundamental research due to their crystalline and well-defined structure; therefore, structural and spectroscopic studies and quantumchemical calculations can be performed for these materials.

We welcome the submission of research that makes a relevant contribution to any of these (or related) fields to this Special Issue of Molecules, along with reports on novel methods of synthesis, which could be needed to obtain materials in a specific form or to optimize the particle size, crystallinity or dimensionality of zeolites for some specialized applications. Papers presenting structural and spectroscopic studies as well as quantumchemical calculations are also welcome.

Dr. Łukasz Kuterasiński
Guest Editor

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