Preface ....................................................... vii
Editor ......................................................... IX
Contributors ................................................... XI
Part I Basic Principles, Recent Advances, and Expected
Developments of Advanced Characterization Techniques
1 Scattering Techniques ........................................ 3
Gérald belong, David L. Price, and Marie-Louise Saboungi
2 Studying Diffusion and Mass Transfer at the Microscale ...... 53
Christian Chmelik, Douglas M. Ruthven, and Jцrg Kärger
3 Nanoscale Microscopies ...................................... 95
Anthony A.G. Tomlinson
4 Calorimetric Techniques .................................... 129
Philip L. Llewellyn
5 Combination of In Situ and Ex Situ Techniques for
Monitoring and Controlling the Evolution of Nanostructure
of Nanoporous Materials .................................... 165
G.N. Karanikolos, F.K. Katsaros, G.E. Romanos,
K.L. Stefanopoulos, and N.K. Kanellopoulos
Part II Fundamentals, Recent Advances, and Expected
Developments of Simulation Methods
6 Mesoscopic Methods ......................................... 223
P.M. Adler and J.-F. Thovert
7 Characterization of Macroscopically Nonhomogeneous Porous
Media through Transient Gas Sorption or Permeation
Measurements ............................................... 253
J.H. Petropoulos and K.G. Papadokostaki
Part III Fundamentals, Recent Advances and Improvements,
Membrane, Catalytic and Novel Processes Involving Nanoporous
Materials
8 Synthesis Processes of Nanoporous Solids ................... 283
P. Cool, V. Meynen, and E.F. Vansant
9 Sorption Processes ......................................... 307
F. Rodriguez-Reinoso, A. Sepúlveda-Escribano, and
J. Silvestre-Albero
10 Fundamental Approach to Supercritical Hydrogen
Adsorptivity of Nanoporous Carbons ......................... 353
Shigenori Utsumi and Katsumi Kaneko
11 Membrane Processes ......................................... 387
A.F.P. Ferreira, M.C. Campo, A.M. Mendes, and F. Kapteijn
12 Dif f usional Transport in Functional Materials: Zeolite,
MOF, and Perovskite Gas Separation Membranes, Proton
Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells ... 423
J. Caro
13 Zeolites and Mesoporous Aluminosilicates as Solid Acid
Catalysts: Fundamentals and Future Challenges .............. 449
Ana Primo, Avelino Corma, and Hermenegildo García
Part IV Case Studies of Applications of Advanced Techniques
in Involving Nanoporous Materials
14 Recent Developments in Gas-to-Liquid Conversion and
Opportunities for Advanced Nanoporous Materials ............ 481
Gabriele Centi and Siglinda Perathoner
15 Advanced Materials for Hydrogen Storage .................... 513
Th.A. Steriotis, G.C. Charalambopoulou, and A.K. Stubos
Index ......................................................... 549
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