Adsorption by Powders and Porous Solids

<p>Preface<br>List of main symbols <br>1. Introduction         <br>   1.1. Importance of adsorption<br>   1.2. Historical aspects<br>   1.3. IUPAC definitions and terminology<br>   1.4. Physisorption and chemisorption<br>   1.5. Physisorption isotherms<br>   1.6. Energetics of physisorption and molecular modelling <br>   1.7. Diffusion of adsorbed molecules</p> <p>2. Thermodynamics of adsorption at the gas-solid interface    <br>   2.1. Introduction<br>   2.2. Quantitative expression of adsorption <br>   2.3. Thermodynamic potentials of adsorption<br>   2.4. Thermodynamic quantities related to the adsorbed states in the Gibbs representation<br>   2.5. Thermodynamic quantities related to the adsorption process<br>   2.6. Indirect derivation of the adsorption quantities of adsorption from of a series of <br>        Experimental physisorption isotherms : the isosteric method<br>   2.7. Derivation of the adsorption quantities from calorimetric data <br>   2.8. Other methods for the determination of differential enthalpies of gas adsorption<br>   2.9. State equations for high pressure: single gas and mixtures</p> <p>3. Methodology of gas adsorption       <br>   3.1. Introduction<br>   3.2. Determination of the surface excess amount (and amount adsorbed)<br>   3.3. Gas adsorption calorimetry<br>   3.4. Adsorbent outgassing<br>   3.5. Presentation of experimental data</p> <p>4. Adsorption at the liquid-solid interface     <br>   4.1. Introduction<br>   4.2. Energetics of immersion in pure liquid<br>   4.3. Adsorption from liquid solution </p> <p>5. The interpretation of physisorption isotherms at the gas-solid interface: the classical approach <br>   5.1. Introduction<br>   5.2. Adsorption of a pure gas<br>   5.3. Adsorption of a gas mixture</p> <p><br>6. Molecular simulation and modelling of physisorption in porous solids    <br>   6.1. Introduction<br>   6.2. Microscopic description of the porous solids<br>   6.3. Intermolecular potential function<br>   6.4. Characterization computational tools<br>   6.5. Modeling of adsorption in porous solids<br>   6.6. Modeling of diffusion in porous solids. <br>   6.7. Conclusions and future challenges</p> <p>7. Assessment of surface area     <br>   7.1. Introduction<br>   7.2. The BET method <br>   7.3. Empirical methods of isotherm analysis<br>   7.4. The fractal approach<br>   7.5. Conclusions and recommendations</p> <p>8. Assessment of mesoporosity <br>   8.1. Introduction     <br>   8.2. Mesopore volume, porosity and mean pore size<br>   8.3. Capillary condensation and the Kelvin equation<br>   8.4. ‘Classical’ computation of the mesopore size distribution<br>   8.5. DFT computation of the mesopore size distribution <br>   8.6. Hysteresis loops<br>   8.7. Conclusions and recommendations</p> <p>9. Assessment of microporosity                  <br>   9.1. Introduction<br>   9.2. Gas physisorption isotherm analysis<br>   9.3. Microcalorimetric methods<br>   9.4. Conclusions and recommendations</p> <p>10. Adsorption by active carbons  <br>    10.1. Introduction<br>    10.2. Active carbons: preparation, properties and applications<br>    10.3. Physisorption of gases by non-porous carbons<br>    10.4. Physisorption of gases by porous carbons<br>    10.5. Adsorption at the carbon-liquid interface<br>    10.6. Low pressure hysteresis and adsorbent deformation<br>    10.7. Characterization of active carbons: conclusions and recommendations<br> <br>11. Adsorption by metal oxides    <br>    11.1. Introduction<br>    11.2. Silica<br>    11.3. Alumina<br>    11.4. Titanium dioxide<br>    11.5. Magnesium oxide<br>    11.6. Other oxides: chromium, iron, zinc, zirconium, beryllium and uranium<br>    11.7. Applications of adsorbent properties of metal oxides</p> <p><br>12. Adsorption by clays, pillared clays, zeolites and aluminophosphates <br>    12.1. Introduction<br>    12.2. Structure, morphology and adsorbent properties of layer silicates<br>    12.3. Pillared clays – structures and properties<br>    12.4. Zeolites – synthesis, pore structures and molecular sieve properties<br>    12.5. Aluminophosphate molecular sieves – structures and properties<br>    12.6. Applications of clays, zeolites and phosphate-based molecular sieves</p> <p>13. Adsorption by ordered mesoporous materials <br>    13.1. Introduction<br>    13.2. Ordered mesoporous silicas <br>    13.3. Effect of surface functionalization on adsorption properties<br>    13.4. Ordered organosilica materials<br>    13.5. Replica materials</p> <p>14. Adsorption by metal-organic frameworks  <br>    14.1. Introduction<br>    14.2. Assessment and meaning of the BET area of MOFs<br>    14.3. Effect of changing the nature of the ligands<br>    14.4. Effect of changing the metal centre<br>    14.5. Changing the nature of other surface sites<br>    14.6. Influence of extra-framework species<br>    14.7. Special case of the flexibility of MOFs<br>    14.8. Towards application performances<br></p>