Short description:

In the past two decades, the field of nanoporous materials has undergone accelerated developments. As these materials possess high specific surface areas, well-defined pore sizes, and functional sites, they show a great diversity of applications such as molecular adsorption/storage and separation, sensing, catalysis, energy storage/conversion, drug delivery, and more. This book surveys the key developments in the synthesis of nanoporous materials in a broad range from soft porous materials?such as porous organic and metal-organic frameworks?to hard porous materials, such as porous metals and metal oxides, and the important advances in their applications to date.

Long description:

In the past two decades, the field of nanoporous materials has undergone significant developments. As these materials possess high specific surface areas, well-defined pore sizes, and functional sites, they show a great diversity of applications such as molecular adsorption/storage and separation, sensing, catalysis, energy storage and conversion, drug delivery, and more. Nanoporous Materials: Synthesis and Applications surveys the key developments in the synthesis of nanoporous materials in a broad range from soft porous materials?such as porous organic and metal-organic frameworks?to hard porous materials, such as porous metals and metal oxides, and the significant advances in their applications to date.

• Synthetic approaches, characterization techniques, and applications of a variety of meso- and microporous polymers and organic frameworks


• Advances in the synthetic control of structures along with the function exploration of this new class of organic porous materials


• Synthesis and applications of nanoporous metal-organic frameworks, mesoporous silica, and nanoporous glass


• Synthesis of mesoporous carbons by a soft- and hard-templating method and their applications for supercapacitors and membrane separations


• Fabrication of nanoporous semiconductor materials


• Structural modification and functional improvement of layered zeolites


• Germanates and related materials with open-frameworks

Table of Contents:

Nanoporous Polymers. Design, Synthesis, and Functions of Conjugated Microporous Polymers. Nanoporous Metal?Organic Frameworks. Ordered Mesoporous Carbons Prepared by a Soft-Templating Method. Dealloyed Nanoporous Metals. Synthesis of Mesoporous Metal Oxides and Metals and Their Applications. Preparation of Nanoporous Semiconductor-Based Materials for Photocatalytic Applications. Layered Zeolites: Structure Modification and Application. Applications of Pore Voids of Mesoporous Silica to Acid Catalysts and Controlled Release. Nanopore Glass. Open-Framework Germanates and Related Materials.