AIMS AND SCOPEMicroporous Materials is an international journal devoted to all aspects of zeolites and other microporous solids, including the practical applications of such materials. The scope covers the following:• preparation and characterization• chemical and physical modification• separation and purification by diffusion, sorption and molecular sieving• applications in environmental protection, such as waste disposal or removal of pollutants• process modelling and scale-up studies• host/guest interactions• applications in electronics, electrochemistry, optical devices, sensors, membranes, hydrogen storage or heat pumps.The journal welcomes original research papers, reviews, case studies, state-of-the-art reports, and short communications describing work on crystalline and amorphous solids such as zeolites and related materials, carbon molecular sieves, pillared clays, clathrates, urea and other host substances, and microporous metal oxides.Each issue includes a Patent Section containing critical reviews of the relevant patent literature. A News Section provides relevant news on meetings, meeting reports, book reviews and a calendar of forthcoming events, as well as highlights of new developments in the field, news about people, mergers, etc.
The Official Journal of the International Zeolite AssociationMicroporous and Mesoporous Materials covers novel and significant aspects of porous solids classified as either microporous (pore size up to 2 nm) or mesoporous (pore size 2 to 50 nm). The porosity should have a specific impact on the material properties or application. Typical examples are zeolites and zeolite-like materials, pillared materials, clathrasils and clathrates, carbon molecular sieves, ordered mesoporous materials, organic/inorganic porous hybrid materials, or porous metal oxides. Both natural and synthetic porous materials are within the scope of the journal.Topics which are particularly of interest include:All aspects of natural microporous and mesoporous solidsThe synthesis of crystalline or amorphous porous materialsThe physico-chemical characterization of microporous and mesoporous solids, especially spectroscopic and microscopicThe modification of microporous and mesoporous solids, for example by ion exchange or solid-state reactionsAll topics related to diffusion of mobile species in the pores of microporous and mesoporous materialsAdsorption (and other separation techniques) using microporous or mesoporous adsorbentsCatalysis by microporous and mesoporous materialsHost/guest interactionsTheoretical chemistry and modelling of host/guest interactionsAll topics related to the application of microporous and mesoporous materials in industrial catalysis, separation technology, environmental protection, electrochemistry, membranes, sensors, optical devices, etc.The journal publishes original research papers, short communications, review articles and letters to the editor.
