Zeolite–sepiolite inorganic nanoheterostructures have been hydrothermally synthesized by adding a dispersion of colloidal sepiolite to a solution able to produce a nanocrystalline zeolite (silicalite). The obtained product could be recovered in good yield by simple filtration only when the relative sepiolite concentration exceeded a threshold of 1.8 wt% in the synthesis mixture (amounting to 1:...

Highly b-oriented zeolite ZSM-5 films are critical for applications in catalysis and separations and may serve as models to study diffusion and catalytic properties in single zeolite channels. However, the introduction of catalytically active Al3+ usually disrupts the orientation of zeolite films. Herein, using structure-directing agents with hydroxy groups, we demonstrate a new method to prepa...

A flexible sodalite-type metal organic framework [Cu(pyrimidine-2-olate)2]n (1R) is obtained in a self-assembly process involving Cu2+ ions and pyrimidine-2-olate ligands. 1R suffers a series of sequential and reversible structural changes upon solid-liquid sorption processes of metal nitrates. The 1C-to-1O transformation occurs only with large cations.

A silver(I) 3-D porous coordination polymer (PCP, 1) with a sodalite topology undergoes a remarkable reversible crystal-to-crystal expansion and contraction upon exposure to different solvents. Notably, complete desolvation of 1 also facilitates a transformation to a non-porous 2-D coordination polymer (2).

RECEIVED DATE (to be automatically inserted after your manuscript is accepted if required according to the journal that you are submitting your paper to) Preparation of high-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been advanced by controlling several parameters including the catalyst and the catalyst support material. Although zeolite has been frequently used as a catalyst support ma...

Characteristics and sonocatalytic activity of zeolite Y catalysts loaded with TiO2 using impregnation and ion exchange methods for the degradation of amaranth dye were investigated. The Ion-exchange method was used to encapsulate the TiO2 into the internal pores of the zeolite while the incorporation of TiO2 mostly on the external surface of zeolite was carried out using the impregnation method...

In wastewater treatment facilities, air quality is not only affected by conventional unpleasant odour compounds; toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are also found. In this study, the adsorptive capacity of Chilean natural zeolite toward VOC removal was evaluated. Moreover, the influence of zeolite chemical surface properties on VOC elimination was also investigated. Three modified zeolite ...

Title of Document: SYNTHESIS OF ZEOLITE@MOF NANOPOROUS COMPOSITES AS BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS Guanghui Zhu, Master of Science, 2014 Directed By: Professor, Dr. Dongxia Liu, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering And Professor, Dr. Kyu Yong Choi, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering As nanoporous materials, zeolite and metal organic framework (MOF) share common characte...

The characteristic framework types of zeolite crystals are routinely determined by calculating coordination sequences and vertex symbols of the 3D crystal structures. This method has limitations and tends to fail when the synthesized crystals are not close to perfect and present some types of crystallographic disorder. A machine learning based Zeolite-Structure-Predictor (ZSP) model is develope...

We examined the relation between the zeolite framework, Ag clusters, and properties of photoluminescence (PL) using in-situ infrared spectroscopy (IR) and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS). The Ag clusters are generated in the cavity of Ag-type zeolite-A that is cooled to room temperature after heating at 500°C for 24 hour under vacuum or in atmosphere. The Ag clusters in the zeolite cavit...