Handbook Of Porous Materials: Synthesis, Properties, Modeling And Key Applications (In 4 Volumes)

This four-volume handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of porous materials, covering synthesis, characterization, simulation, manufacturing, and industrial applications. It is written by 37 expert authors and divided into four volumes: fundamentals, industrial separation, energy engineering, and bio-artificing and drug delivery. It includes high-quality illustrations, examples, and references for further reading.

Format: Hardback
Length: 1492 pages
Publication date: 06 January 2021
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

This four-volume handbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of porous materials, covering their synthesis, characterization, simulation, manufacturing, and industrial applications. The editors, drawn from academia and industry, are renowned for their pedagogical skills and technical expertise. Working collaboratively with 37 expert authors across 14 chapters, they present a multifaceted narrative of porous carbons, ceramics, zeolites, and polymers, exploring these materials from various perspectives, including surface and colloidal science, materials science, chemical engineering, and energy engineering.

Volumes 1 and 2 delve into the fundamentals of preparation, characterization, and simulation of porous materials. They cover topics such as hierarchical materials, in situ and operando characterization using advanced techniques like NMR, X-Ray scattering, and tomography, state-of-the-art molecular simulations of adsorption and diffusion in crystalline nanoporous materials, and emerging areas like bio-artificing and drug delivery.

Volume 3 focuses on the practical applications of porous materials in industrial separation processes, including adsorption separation, membrane separation, and osmotic distillation. It provides insights into the design and optimization of porous materials for specific industrial applications.

Finally, Volume 4 delves into the energy engineering aspects of applying porous materials in supercapacitors, fuel cells, batteries, electrolysers, and sub-surface energy applications. It discusses the potential of porous materials to enhance energy storage, conversion, and utilization.

The text is accompanied by numerous high-quality colorful illustrations and examples, as well as thousands of up-to-date references to peer-reviewed articles, reports, and websites for further reading. This handbook is an invaluable resource for universities, research groups, and companies engaged in the field of porous materials. It offers a comprehensive and well-written overview that will assist professionals in staying at the forefront of this rapidly evolving field.

Weight: 2736g
Dimension: 160 x 237 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811223228