Porous Materials in Adsorption and Catalysis
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 134
Special Issue Editors
Interests: porous materials; hybrid materials; metal–organic frameworks; characterization; surface chemistry; interfaces; thermodynamics; adsorption; separation; catalysis; drug delivery; molecular modelling and simulations; health environment energy applications
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Interests: multifunctional materials; zeolites; CO2 conversion; machine learning; shape-selective catalysis; selective oxidation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Porous materials play a central role in many key processes related to adsorption, separation, and catalysis, with a wide range of applications in energy, environment, and health. In recent years, significant advances have been achieved in the design, synthesis, characterization, and modelling of porous solids such as metal–organic frameworks, zeolites, porous polymers, and hybrid materials.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent progress in the fundamental understanding and practical application of porous materials in adsorption and catalysis. Particular attention will be given to structure–property relationships, adsorption thermodynamics and kinetics, catalytic mechanisms, and the coupling of experimental approaches with molecular modelling and simulation techniques.
Contributions addressing environmental remediation, gas separation and storage, catalytic conversion, and emerging applications are especially welcome. Both original research articles and comprehensive reviews are encouraged, providing insights into current challenges and future perspectives in this rapidly evolving field.
We warmly invite researchers to contribute their latest findings to this Special Issue.
Dr. Lotfi Boudjema
Prof. Dr. Xinwen Guo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- porous materials
- metal–organic frameworks
- adsorption
- catalysis
- separation
- molecular simulation
- surface chemistry
- thermodynamics
- environmental applications
- energy materials
- interfaces
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