Zeolite: From a Boiling Stone to the Applicable Minerals in Various Industrial Processes: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 202
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis; characterization, and application of natural and synthetic porous materials
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Interests: zeolite-based adsorbents and catalysts; zeolites in sustainable chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Zeolites are well known aluminosilicate minerals with a distinct crystal structure and unique physical as well as chemical characteristics. They have a thermally stable three-dimensional crystal lattice that permits different chemical species to be accommodated within the cavities and channels of the aluminosilicate lattice and on its surface, including atoms, ions, and nanoparticles of different compounds. Before scientific research revealed that zeolites are, in many respects, unique minerals that can be relatively easily transformed into materials with a wide range of uses, zeolite was just an odd stone that released vapor when heated.
Zeolites are becoming increasingly popular as environmentally friendly substitutes for a wide range of chemicals and reagents, such as corrosive acids, polymeric adsorbents, catalysts, nanoparticle supports, and medications. Researchers studying zeolites as minerals or their applications in a range of domains (adsorption, agriculture, pharmacy, environmental protection, and catalysis) can publish their most recent findings in this Special Issue and, by promoting their research, also raise awareness of this unusual and beneficial mineral.
We are honored to invite you to collaborate on this project and share your most recent research findings with the scientific community in addition to the broader public.
Prof. Dr. Nevenka Rajić
Dr. Jelena Pavlović
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- zeolite occurrence
- adsorption
- catalysis
- surface functionalization
- environmental protection
- zeolite structures
- zeolite engineering
- sustainable applications of zeolites
