Title: The Spanish presence in the molecular sieve technology scenario

Authors: Fernando Rey, Joaquin Perez-Pariente

Addresses: Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica (C.S.I.C.-UPV), Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 22, Spain. ' Instituto de Catalisis y Petroleoquimica (C.S.I.C.), Calle Marie Curie s/n, Madrid 28049, Spain

Abstract: Molecular sieve research is a mature, but growing, area of interest within the Spanish scientific community. Indeed, Spanish researchers produce about 10% of the total number of publications in the zeolite field, covering new aspects of synthesis, characterisation and catalytic applications of those materials. More recently, there has been an emergent area focusing more on nanotechnological applications. New sensors and photodevices based on molecular sieve materials have also been reported. Furthermore, the void volumes of these micro- or meso-porous materials have been used as casts for synthesising nanoparticles inside the molecular sieves.

Keywords: zeolites; ordered mesoporous materials; isomorphic substitution; catalysis; nanotechnology; Spain; molecular sieve technology; sensors; photodevices; nanoparticles.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2005.006980

International Journal of Nanotechnology, 2005 Vol.2 No.1/2, pp.144 - 168

Published online: 30 Apr 2005 *

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