Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

Abstract

Microporous and mesoporous materials have cages and channels (known as pores) with their structures. Microporous materials have pore sizes up to 20 Å in diameter and mesoporous materials are defined as having pore sizes ranging from 20 to 500 Å. Solids with pores larger than 500 Å are mesoporous. These materials can often contain ions and molecules within their pores, and it is this that makes them an important class of materials in many industrial applications, and we come across them in everyday life. They can be used as adsorbents and catalysts, for ion exchange and even in medical devices.

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