Functional Nanoporous Materials

• Other Authors: Weinberger, Christian (Editor), Tiemann, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; mesoporous silica; organocatalysis; host-guest materials; magic-angle spinning NMR (MAS-NMR); nanoporous metal foam; nanoshell; buckling; free vibration; strain gradient theory; first-order shear deformation theory; SERS; near-infrared; crystal silicon photoluminescence; porous silicon photonic crystals; hot-spots; mesoporous films; direct growth; esterification; material formation; porous organic polymers; amine modification; CO2 separation; adsorption mechanism; chemisorption of CO2; Birnessite; nanoporous metal oxides; impedance spectroscopy; perovskite solar cell; electron selective layer; pinhole; mesoporous TiO2; evaporation-induced self-assembly; dip coating; n/a
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With pore sizes up to 100 nm, the term "nanoporous" covers a wide range of material classes. A broad field of applications has arisen from the diversity of unique structures and properties of nanoporous materials. Recent research spans the range from fundamental studies of the behavior of atoms and molecules in confined space, creative synthetic pathways for novel materials, to applications in high-performance technologies. This Special Issue collects current studies about the progress in the development, characterization, and application of nanoporous materials, including (but not restricted to) mesoporous silica, carbon and metal oxides, porous coordination polymers, metal organic frameworks (MOFs), and covalent organic frameworks (COFs), as well as materials exhibiting hierarchical porosity. Their functionalities show promise for fields such as energy storage/conversion (e.g., photocatalysis and battery electrodes), sensing, catalysis, and their sorption properties for N2, CO2, NOx, or H2O, to name just a few.