Zeolites and Catalysis

Volume 1
 
Preface
SYNTHESIS MECHANISM: CRYSTAL GROWTH AND NUCLEATION
Introduction
Theory of Nucleation and Growth
Nucleation and Growth in Zeolites
Techniques
Case Studies
Conclusions and Outlook
SYNTHESIS APPROACHES
Introduction
Aluminophosphates
Mineralizers
Dry Gel Conversion Syntheses
Low Water Syntheses
Germanium Zeolites
Isomorphous Substitution
Structure-Directing Agents
SDA Modeling
Co-Templating
Layered Precursors
Nonaqueous Solvents
Summary and Outlook
IONOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF ZEOLITES AND OTHER POROUS MATERIALS
Introduction
Hydrothermal, Solvothermal, and Ionothermal Synthesis
Ionothermal Aluminophosphate Synthesis
Ionothermal Synthesis of Silica-Based Zeolites
Ionothermal Synthesis of Metal Organic Frameworks and Coordination Polymers
Ambient Pressure Ionothermal Synthesis
The Role of Cation-Templating, Co-Templating, or No Templating
The Role of Anion - Structure Induction
The Role of Water and Other Mineralizers
Unstable Ionic Liquids
Summary and Outlook
CO-TEMPLATES IN SYNTHESIS OF ZEOLITES
Introduction
Templating of Dual-Void Structures
Crystallization of Aluminophosphate-Type Materials
Combined Use of Templating and Pore-Filling Agents
Cooperative Structure-Directing Effects of Organic Molecules and Mineralizing Anions
Cooperative Structure-Directing Effect of Organic Molecules and Water
Control of Crystal Size and Morphology
Membrane Systems
Use of Co-Templates for Tailoring the Catalytic Activity of Microporous Materials
Summary and Outlook
MORPHOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS OF ZEOLITES
Introduction
Morphology of Large Zeolite Crystals
Morphology Control of MFI Zeolite Particles
Morphological Synthesis by MW
Summary and Outlook
POST-SYNTHETIC TREATMENT AND MODIFICATION OF ZEOLITES
Introduction
Direct Synthesis of Zeolites
Post-Synthetic Treatment and Modification of Zeolites
Summary and Outlook
STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY OF ZEOLITES
Introduction
Zeolite Structure Types Exemplified by Those Based on

Prof. AVELINO CORMA was born in Moncófar, Spain in 1951. He studied Chemistry at the Universidad de Valencia (1967-1973), and received his Ph.D. at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1976. He was a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of chemical engineering at the Queen?s University (Canada, 1977-79). Prof. Corma is the director of the Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC) at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia since 1990. His current research field is catalysis, and molecular sieves covering aspects of synthesis, characterization and reactivity in acid-base and redox catalysis. Avelino Corma is co-author of more than 700 articles and 100 patents on these subjects.
 
Prof. JIRÍ CEJKA was born in Roudnice nad Labem, former Czechoslovakia, in 1960. He studied at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague and received his Ph.D. at the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Prague in 1988. At present he is a head of the Department of Synthesis and Catalysis at J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry in Prague and lecturer at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Charles University in Prague. In 2005 he chaired the 3rd FEZA Conference on Zeolites in Prague. His research interests comprise: synthesis of zeolites, mesoporous and novel nano-structured materials, physical chemistry of sorption and catalysis, and investigation of the role of porous catalysts in transformations of hydrocarbons and their derivatives. Jirí Cejka is co-author of about 200 research papers and co-editor of 5 books.
 
Dr. STACEY I. ZONES is a Research Fellow at Chevron's Energy and Technology Center in Richmond, CA, USA. He is the senior researcher in a group which strives to invent and explore newer zeolites and then follow through in finding applications for their use, ways to tailor their properties and methods to develop more econmical routes to introduce them into the commercial world. The group also looks for novel