| Abstract: | Porous solids are gaining in importance as adsorbents and catalysts both for scientific investigations and for industrial applications. Adsorbents having predetermined pore structure can be prepared by specific synthesis. This pore structure can be described in detail and comprehensively by specific parameters, which can be determined by gas adsorption measurements and by other means. Information concerning the bonding state and the concentration of the functional groups on the surface is obtainable by the use of chemical and physical methods of investigation. Other functional groups can be attached to the surface by chemical reactions. It is possible in this way to prepare selective adsorbents. |
