Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis

Series Editor: G. Centi

Vol. 174

ZEOLITES AND RELATEDMATERIALS: TRENDS, TARGETSAND CHALLENGES

PART A

Proceedings of the 4th International FEZA Conference, Paris,France, 2-6 September 2008

Edited by

Antoine Gedeon, Pascale Massiani, Florence BabonneauUniversite Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu,75252 Paris cedex 05, France

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CONTENTS

Part A

Plenary lectures

Solving complex zeolite structures - how far can we go? 3

Lynne B. McCusker and Christian Baerlocher

Novel insights into mesoporous ordered delivery systems for

biotechnological applications 13

M. Manzano, M. Colilla and Maria Vallet-Regi

An eye on the inside of zeolite crystals in the act: Studying Bronsted

acidity with in-situ micro-spectroscopy 21

Eli Stavitski, Marianne H.F. Kox and Bert M. Weckhuysen

Concepts in the ionothermal synthesis of zeolites and metal organicframeworks 33

Russell E. Morris

Hydrocarbon conversion with zeolites - a clair-obscur 43M.S. Rigutto

Invited lectures

Periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs): a new class of materials is

coming of age 55Frank Hoffmann, Maximilian Cornelius, Jiirgen Morell and Michael Froba

Molecular sieve catalysts for metathesis reactions 61H. Balcar, N. Zilkovd, A. Zukal andJ. Cejka

Acidic functional groups incorporated in ordered mesoporous materials: a

comparison among different host matrices 67Barbara Onida, Sonia Fiorilli, Beatrice Camarota, Daniela Perrachon

and Maria Concetta Bruzzoniti

Manganese-modified porous silicates 73Natasa Novak Tusar

Engineering optical centres in microporous silicates and MOFs 79Joao Rocha

Cooperative structure directing effects in the synthesis of crystallinemolecular sieves 85

Joaquin Perez-Pariente

Synthesis strategies for the preparation ofmixed micro-mesoporousmaterials

91Patricia J. Kooyman

Search for innovative syntheses and characterization methods of

micro/mesoporous composite materials

Franck Launay

On the mechanism of formation of SBA-1 and SBA-3 as studied byin situ synchrotron XRD

Mika Linden, Florence Babonneau, Heinz Amenitsch, Niki Baccile,

Andy Riley and Sarah Tolbert

A - Synthesis and modification of microporous and mesoporous materials

A study on zeolite synthesis from diquaternary ammonium compounds;the effect ofchanging end-group heterocycles in the HF/Si02 synthesis of

molecular sieves

A. Jackowski, S.I. Zones andA. W. Burton

Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous ZSM-5 core-shell particlesfor improved catalytic propertiesMarina Kustova, Martin S. Holm, Claus H. Christensen, Ying-Hsi Pan,Pablo Beato, Ton V. W. Janssens, Finn Joensen andJesper Nerlov

Controlling the generation of hierarchical porosity in ZSM-5 by changingthe silanization degree of protozeolitic units

DavidP. Serrano, Jose Aguado andAngel Peral

Modification via KOH attack ofthe porosity oftemplated and amorphouscarbons

M. Armandi, B. Bonelli, E.I. Karaindrou, C. Otero Aredn and E. Garrone

Synthesis ofopen zeolite frameworks by using a combination of bulkyand cage-forming structure directing agents

Joaquin Perez-Pariente, Raquel Garcia, Ana B. Pinar, Luis Gomez-

Hortiguela, Enrique Sastre and Carlos Mdrquez-Alvarez

Tailoring mesoporosity and intrawall porosity in large pore silicas:

synthesis and nitrogen sorption behavior

R. Nicolas, F. Berube, T. W. Kim, M. Thommes andFreddy Kleitz

Preparation of MFI type zeolite with hierarchical pores system as new

supports for deposition ofmetal clusters

Anita Burkat-Dulak and Miroslaw Derewinski

Synthesis methodology, acidity and catalytic behaviour of the 18 x 10

member ring pores ITQ-33 zeolite

Manuel Moliner, Maria J. Diaz-Cabanas, Vicente Forne, Cristina

Martinez andAvelino Corma

Assembling mode of alumina and zirconia particles inside the mesopores

of SBA-15 under high loadingK.K. Cheralatha, H. Hirata and M. Ogura

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Hofmeister anion effect on the formation of zeolite beta 167

Alexander V. Toktarev and Gennadii V. Echevskii

Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles supported on zeolites and their

cathodoluminescence properties 173A. Susarrey-Arce, M. Herrera-Zaldivar and V. Petranovskii

Stabilization ofcopper nanoparticles in Cu-ZSM-5 177Svetlana A. Yashnik, Vladimir F. Anufrienko, Vladimir I. Zaikovskii,Vladimir A. Rogov, Sergei Ph. Ruzankin and Zinfer R. Ismagilov

Tetralkylammonium bromide salts as directing agents for the CAL familymolecular sieves 181Darlene L. Felix, Mathias Strauss andHeloise de O. Pastore

Synthesis and characterization ofzeolite Li-ABW from Li20-Al203-Si02-H20 185

Guanghuan Liu, Qi Shi, Lei Liu, HongXu, Jinping Li andJinxiang Dong

Effect ofvarious external silicon sources on the properties ofaluminosilicate mesoporous solids prepared from ZSM-5 189Sami Habib, Sebastien Laforge, Jean-Dominique Comparot, Franck

Launay, Patrick Magnoux and Antoine Gedeon

Cesium bearing ultramarine prepared from zeolites 193Aldona Jankowska and Stanislaw Kowalak

Effect of residual Na on the low temperature synthesis of monoclinic

celsian from zeolite Ba-A 197C. Ferone, A. Morocco, M. Pansini, G. DelVAgli and S. Esposito

Preparation of AlMepO materials on steam-assisted conversion method 201

Kazuyuki Maeda, Hidehisa Imaizumi, Yasunori Sasaki, Tsutomu

Yamazaki, Takeyuki Suzuki and Yoshimichi Kiyozumi

Structural characterization of highly stable Pt-Ni supported zeolites andits catalytic performance for methane reforming with C02 205A.N. Pinheiro, A. Valentini, J.M. Sasaki andA.C. Oliveira

Synthesis of B-Beta zeolite and its modification with orthophosphoricacid

209

Jian-Feng Gu, Xue-Jun Zhang, Jing-Zhong Wang, Jun Xu, Feng DengandZhong-Yong Yuan

Control of morphology and mesoporosity of SAPO using engineeredsurfactants

Nadiya Danilina andJeroen A. van Bokhoven213

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Deposition of Ti-modified aluminium-free zeolite Beta on SBA-15

Matjaz Mazaj, Wesley J.J. Stevens, Natasa Zabukovec Logar, Natasa

Novak Tusar, Alenka Ristic, Pegie Cool and Venceslav Kaucic

The influence ofmetal nature on the structure, adsorption and acidic

properties of aluminophosphate with VFI structure

Oleksiy V. Shvets, Pavel S. Yaremov and Vladimir G. Ilyin

A new synthesis route to nano-sized p-zeolite with organic silane

containing surfactant

Chithravel Venkatesan, Kiyotada Aoyama, Kenichi Komura andYoshihiro Sngi

Effects of structure-directing agents on hydrothermal conversion of FAU

type zeolite

H. Jon, H. Sasaki, T. Inoue, M. Itakura, S. Takahashi, Y. Oumi and

T. Sano

Synthesis and structure of polymorph B of Beta zeolite

Maria J. Diaz-Cabanas, Avelino Corma, Manuel Moliner, Angel Cantin,Jose L. Jordd, Daliang Zhang, Junliang Sun, Kjell Jansson, Sven

Hovmoller andXiaodong Zou

Optimization of zeolite Y synthesis using industrial reagents by seedingtechniqueSebastiano Candamano, Patrizia Frontera, Fortunato Crea, Janos

B. Nagy and Rosario Aiello

Post-conversion ofMWW lamellar precursors into metallosilicates with

large porosityLingling Wang, Yueming Liu, Yong Wang, WeiXie, Mingyuan He and

Peng Wu

Synthesis of SAPO-31 with di-n-pentylamine: influence ofchemical

composition and crystallization conditions

O. V. Kikhtyanin, A. V. Toktarev, A.B. Ayupov and G. V. Echevsky

Charge matching between the occluded organic cations and zeolite

framework as structure directing effect in zeolite synthesisBlanca Marques, Sandra Leiva, Angel Cantin, Jose L. Jordd, M. Jose

Sabater, Avelino Corma, Susana Valencia and Fernando Rey

Synthesis and characterization of zeolitic composite ZSM-5/MOR with

multi-modal pores

Jiajun Zheng, Xiwen Zhang, Yan Wang, Jinghong Ma and Ruifeng Li

Acidity and hydrogenation performance of Beta zeolite aluminated

by Na2A102 solution

Jinghong Ma, Ning Ma, ZhaotengXue, Yan Wang andRuifeng Li

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A complex study of copper reduction in erionite 261V. Petranovskii, I. Rodriguez Iznaga, V. Gurin, M.A. Hernandez

Espinosa, H. Tiznado, M.H. Farias, F. Castillon, F. Chavez Rivas,R. Zamorano Ulloa and J.A. Villanueva Garibay

Synthesis of high silica CHA zeolites with controlled Si/Al ratio 265E.A. Eilertsen, M.H. Nilsen, R. Wendelbo, U. Olsbye andK.P. Lillerud

Synthesis of zeolites using N^'-tetramethylen-bis-CN-methylpiperidinium)dihydroxydes as directing agent 269Angela Carati, Caterina Rizzo, Roberto Millini, Eleonora Di Paola, EricaMontanari and Stefano Zanardi

In which way alkaline-earth cations enhance the nucleation of alkali-

templated zeolites?273

Fatiha Hamidi, Satoshi Ohtake, Abdelkader Bengueddach and FrancescoDi Renzo

Preparation of advanced zeolite catalysts by dry gel conversion 277Simone Goergen, Emmanuelle Guillon, Joel Patarin and Lo'ic Rouleau

An elegant way to increase acidity in SAPOs: use of methylamine as

co-template during synthesis 281Auguste Fernandes, Filipa Ribeiro, Joao Lourengo andZelimir Gabelica

Tailoring the porosity of hierarchical zeolites by carbon-templating 285Kake Zhu, Kresten Egeblad and Claus H Christensen

A new 2D fluorogallophosphate intercalated by double organic sheetsof morpholine 289Louwanda Lakiss, Angelique Simon-Masseron, Volker Gramlich, GeraldChaplais and Joel Patarin

Hydrothermally stable onion-like mesoporous silica 293Kazi-Zakir Hossain and Abdelhamid Sayari

Synthesis of gold nanoparticles containing mesoporous silica by usinggelatin as template: CO oxidation reaction 297

Hsuan-Jung Chang, Yi-Chia Luo, Chung-Yuan Mou and Hong-Ping Lin

The influence of ethylene glycol on the preparation of K2SnSi3(VH20 301Zhi Lin

Incorporation of titanium into polymorph C of zeolite beta 305Fang Yin Lee, Lu Lv, Chorng Haur Sow andX. S. Zhao

Mesoporous Ti02-Y203-Zr02 oxides with crystalline framework obtainedby surfactant template synthesis 309Viorica Pdrvulescu, Simona Somdcescu, Petre Osiceanu, SperantaTanasescu and Bao-Lian Su

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The synthesis and bioactivity in vitro of functionalized mesoporousbioactive glasses 313

Jin Sun, Yongsheng Li, Liang Li, Wenru Zhao, Lei Li, Jianhua Gao,

Meiling Ruan andJianlin Shi

Open-framework germanates formed by the flexible Gei0 cluster 317

Kirsten E. Christensen, Charlotte Bonneau, Lei Shi, Mikaela GustafssonandXiaodong Zou

Control of SBA-15 materials morphology by modification of synthesisconditions 321

A. Carrero, J. Moreno, J. Aguado and G. Calleja

Immobilization of ionic liquids within micro- and mesoporous materials 325

BerndPietschmann, MarkA. Weifi, Thangaraj Selvam and Gerhard Sextl

Primary linear diamines as structure directing agents in hydrothermal

synthesis of germanates 329

Y. Lorgouilloux, J. -L. Paillaud, P. Caullet andN. Bats

Dynamics of PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymer aggregation and silicate

mesophase formation monitored by time-resolved ATR-FTIR spectroscopy 333

Maria Teresa Sanchez, Joaquin Perez-Pariente and Carlos Mdrquez-Alvarez

Layered hybrid materials with nanotechnological applications: use

ofdisilane precursors as pillaring agents 337

Urbano Diaz, Angel Cantin, Teresa Garcia andAvelino Corma

Mesoporous aluminosilicates assembled from dissolved LTA precursor 341

Shunsuke Tanaka, Hiroaki Okada and Yoshikazu Miyake

Polystyrene modified hybrid materials based on ordered mesoporous

silica 345

R. van Grieken, G. Morales, A. Martin and F. Martinez

Open-framework germanates - A study of nets and tilings 349

Charlotte Bonneau, Lei Shi, Kirsten E. Christensen, Liqiu Tang and

Xiaodong Zou

Poly(ethylene imine) functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticle for

biological applications 353

Boris Ufer, Jessica M. Rosenholm, Alain Duchanoy, Lotta Bergman and

Mika Linden

New MCF type supports for platinum - characterization of Pt/MCF and

Pt/NbMCF and comparison with Pt/MCM-41 357

Joanna Goscianska, Maria Ziolek, Julita Mrowiec-Bialon and KatarzynaMaresz

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Effect of the porosity and hydrothermal stability of SBA-16 typemesoporous silica on the characteristics oftheir carbon replicas 361Monica Mesa, Leidy Hoyos and Ligia Sierra

Microwave synthesis of nanosized VS-1 and the preparation ofthin film 365Alenka Ristic, Matjaz Mazaj, Natasa Zabukovec Logar and VenceslavKaucic

A comprehensive strategy for the immobilization of lipase in ordered

mesoporous materials369

E. Serra, V. Alfredsson, R.M. Blanco and I. Diaz

Polymer coated silica-based mesoporous materials for controlled drugrelease

373Ida S. Carino, Flaviano Testa, Francesco Puoci, Luigi Pasqua andRosario Aiello

A simple way to design highly active titania/mesoporous silicaphotocatalysts 377A.M. Busuioc-Tomoiaga, M. Mertens, P. Cool, N. Bilba andE.F. Vansant

Composite materials containing zeolitic layers deposited on the silica andsilica/alumina porous monoliths 381Veronika Pashkova, Wojciech Pudlo, Andrzej Jarzebski and MiroslawDerewinski

Hydrothermal synthesis of MWW-type zirconosilicate 385Ailing Lv, Yueming Liu, Xiaohong Li, Haihong Wu, Na Liu, Mingyuan Heand Peng Wu

Calixarene-modified multi-wall carbon nanotubes 389Maria Ignat, Aurica Farcas, Aurelia Vasile and Eveline Popovici

Vapour phase functionalization without degradation ofthe frameworkstructure of periodic ordered mesoporous ethylenesilica 393Kei-ichiro Nojima and Hideaki Yoshitake

Synthesis conditions and properties of Ti-MCM-41 397M.L. Guzman-Castillo, H. Armenddriz-Herrera, F. Herndndez-Beltrdn,P.Perez-Romo, J. Navarrete-Bolahos, A. Tobon-Cervantes and J. Fripiat

New mesoporous metal oxides as gas sensors 401Thomas Waitz, Thorsten Wagner, Claus-Dieter Kohl and Michael Tiemann

Mesoporous tin(IV) phosphates 405Stanislaw Kowalak, Paulina Polrolniczak and Lukasz Waliszewski

A thermal stable thorium-doped mesoporous zirconia

Feng Yu, Xiangdi Zhang, FuxiangLi, Jiafeng Wu and Ruifeng Li

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Novel methodology for facile preparation ofmesoporous silicate byultrasound radiation

Bin Chu, Zongtao Zhang, Lu Chen, Xuejian Qu, Runwei Wang and

Shilun Qiu

Vapor phase synthesis of mesoporous silica thin films with a 3D pore

structure

Takanori Maruo, Kaori Nagata, Norikazu Nishiyama, Yasuyuki EgashiraKorekazu Ueyama, Christopher P. Muzzillo, Michael P. Tate andHughW. Hillhouse

Synthesis and characterization ofmesoporous structures using carbon

particlesDouglas Moushey, Feng Wang and Panagiotis G. Smirniotis

Role of Na in the ionic equilibrium ruling the synthesis of mesoporous

FSM-16 materials

Patricia Perez-Romo, M. de Lourdes Guzman-Castillo, Hector

Armenddriz-Herrera, Juan Navarrete-Bolanos, R. Isela Conde-Velasco

and Jose Fripiat

Ibuprofen delivery behaviour on MCM-41: influence of organic groups

amount

E. Ghedini, M. Signoretto, F. Pinna, D. Guarascio and G. Cerrato

B - Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and sol-gel materials

A novel metal-organic framework with pcu topology constructed from

cadmium and 1, 4-diaza-bicyclo [2.2.2] octane-N, N'-dioxide

Fuxing Sun, Guangshan Zhu, Qianrong Fang and Shilun Qiu

A comparison of zeolites and metal organic frameworks as storage and

delivery vehicles for biologically active nitric oxide

Paul S. Wheatley, Alistair C. McKinlay and Russell E. Morris

The use of aluminium and others p elements (gallium, indium) for the

generation of MOF-type materials

Christophe Volkringer, Thierry Loiseau, Nathalie Guillou, Jerome

Marrot, Gerard Ferey, MohamedHaouas, Francis Taulelle, Dimitriy

Popov, Manfred Burghammer, Christian Riekel, Michel Latroche,

Sandrine Bourrely and Philip L. Lewellyn

A porous chiral lanthanide metal-organic framework with high thermal

stabilityMikaela Gustafsson, Zhongyue Li, Guangshan Zhu, Shilun Qiu, Jekabs

Grins andXiaodong Zou

Ultrasonic monitoring of zeolite A and Metal Organic Frameworks

(MOFs) formations: A comparative studyH. Baser and W. Schwieger

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Ionothermal synthesis of the metal-organic framework compoundCu3(BTC)2 459Lei Liu, Haibo Wei, Lianyin Zhang, JinpingLi and Jinxiang Dong

Application ofMOF-5 as a component ofheterogeneous catalytic systemsfor the liquid phase hydrogenation 463Vera I. Isaeva, Olga P. Tkachenko, Igor V. Mishin, Gennady I. Kapustin,Audrey A. Kostin, Konstantin V. Klementiev andLeonid M. Kustov

MOF-5 as acid catalyst with shape selectivity properties 467

Ugo Ravon, Marcelo E. Domine, Cyril Gaudillere, Arnold Desmartin-Chomel and David Farrusseng

Tuning pore size and acidity of mesostructured aluminosilicates made byspray drying: design ofnew catalysts 471

Stephanie Pega, Cedric Boissiere, Alexandra Chaumonnot and ClementSanchez

How the stability of the microporous amorphous precursors ofzeolites isaffected by the Si/Al ratio 477A. Morsli, B. Chiche, A. Bengueddach, F. Quignard andF. Di Renzo

Amine-free lecithin templating of sponge mesoporous silicas 481F. Sartori, M. Cangiotti, M.F. Ottaviani, F. Di Renzo andA. Galarneau

Sol-gel vanadium-titanium-molybdenum mixed oxides for oxidative

dehydrogenation of ethane 485G. V. Isaguliants, LP. Belomestnykh andS. Dahl

One-step synthesis of silica gel used in the controlled release of drug 489M. Signoretto, V. Nichele, Elena Ghedini, F. Pinna and G. Cerrato

Effect of the evacuation mode of solvent on the textural, structural and

catalytic properties of sulfated zirconia doped with cerium 493/. Mejri, M.K. Younes, A. Ghorbel, P. Eloy andE.M. Gaigneaux

C - Natural zeolites

The comparison of the crystal structures of direnzoite, a new zeolite fromMassif Central (France), and its synthetic counterpart ECR-1 499Alessandro F. Gualtieri and Ermanno Galli

Mutinaite in zeolite assemblage in metabasalts of villegas, northern

Patagonian Andes, Rio Negro Argentina 505Maria Elena Vattuone, Pablo R. Leal andAndrea Martinez

Competitive removal of lead(II) and zinc(II) from a binary aqueoussolution on a fixed bed of natural zeolite 509M. Trgo, J. Peric, N. Vukojevic-Medvidovic andI. Nuic

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Formation of catalytically active copper and nickel nanoparticles in

natural zeolites

V. Petranovskii, A.N. Pestryakov, L.K. Kazantseva, J. Cruz and

A.N. Kryazhov

Properties of zeolitized tuff/organic matter aggregates relevant for their

use in pedotechnique. lib: Structural characterization with emphasis on

surface and porosity propertiesA. Buondonno, A. Colella, E. Coppola, B. de Gennaro, N. Gargiulo,A. Langella, A. Letizia and C. Colella

Zeolites in complex nitrogen biofertilizers

Anahit Chakhalyan, Gayane Avetisova, Ashot Saghiyan, Leyli Chil-

Akopyan, Lusine Melkonyan, RudolfGevorkyan, Hakob Sargsyan andLiana Ghazariana

Distribution of Al, Ca, Fe and Mg in weathering extracts from CampanianIgnimbrite (yellow facies)A. Buondonno, A. Colella, E. Coppola, M. de Gennaro, E. Grilli,A. Langella and M. Rubino

Comparative analyses ofphysical properties of natural zeolites from

armenia and USA

Hrant N. Yeritsyan, Sergey K. Nickoghosyan, Aram A. Sahakyan,Vachagan V. Harutunyan, Eleonora A. Hakhverdyan and Norair E.Grigoryan

Characterization studies of deccan zeolites for the removal ofthe

selenium from waste water

Diwa Mishra

Safe trapping of Cs in heat-treated zeolite matrices. Part 2

F. Iucolano, B. Liguori, L. Sabovd, E. Chmielewska, D. Caputo andC Colella

D - Adsorption, separation and diffusion

Adsorption and diffusion characterization of mesoporous Al-MCM-48 as

a potential catalyst support

Ling Huang, Qinglin Huang, Huining Xiao and Mladen Eic

Zeolite-based discriminating gas sensors

Sheena Dungey, Ayo Afonja, Dewi W. Lewis, Russell Binions, Ivan P.

Parkin, Themis Paraskeva and David E. Williams

Application of modified zeolites and mesoporous materials for

deodorization

Maria Ziolek, Izabela Sobczak, Adam Dudzik, Beata Gorska

and Jolanta Kujawa

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Influence ofdefects on the water intrusion in silicalite-1 zeolite:

confrontation of experimental and molecular simulation results 561Mickael Trzpit, Michel Soulard, Joel Patarin, Nicolas Desbiens, Fabien

Cailliez, Anne Boutin, Isabelle Demachy andAlain H. Fuchs

Zeolite multifunctional materials as the menthol carrier and nitrosamines

trapper 565

Fang Na Gu, Yi Cao, Ying Wang and Jian Hua Zhu

Inhibition of lubricant degradation by nanoporous materials 569G. Majano, E.-P. Ng and S. Mintova

Remediation of hydrocarbon contaminants in groundwater using specificzeolites in full-scale pump&treat and demonstrative Permeable barrier

tests573

Rodolfo Vignola, Umberto Cova, Fabio Fabiani, Giovanni Grillo, MauroMolinari, Rosa Sbardellati andRajfaello Sisto

Kinetics ofdiffusion-limited adsorption ofhydrogen and nitrogen from

(H2+N2) mixtures by LiLSX zeolite studied by DRIFTS 577N.A. Sokolova and V.B. Kazansky

Adsorption ofbutane isomers on ferrierite : influence ofthe Si/Al ratio 581Isabelle Gener, Ngi Suor. Gnep, Martial Bonnifet, Beatrice de la

Goublaye and Samuel Mignard

Experimental and theoretical investigation of the sticking probability ofaromatics on HZSM-5 and Si02 585

Stephan J. Reitmeier, Rino R. Mukti, Andreas Jentys and Johannes A.Lercher

Microwave synthesis of Sr-ETS-4 and evaluation of its molecular sievingproperties in the nitrogen/methane separation 591M.A. Uguina, J.A. Delgado, VJ. Agueda andA. Garcia-Sanz

The sorption dynamics ofN2, C02, CO and CH4 in zeolite and carbonmolecular sieves

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Gydrgy Onyestydk, Zsolt Otvos and Jozsef Valyon

Water sorption in faujasite- and chabazite type zeolites of varying lattice

composition for heat storage applications 599Jochen Jdnchen, Helmut Stach and Udo Hellwig

Ferrierite and MCM-22 for the C02 adsorption 603Irene Dominguez, Justyna Pawlesa, Arnost Zukal and JiH Cejka

Determining the transport diffusivity from intracrystalline concentration

profiles 607L. Heinke, C. Chmelik andJ. Kdrger

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Protein adsorption on silica molecular sieves

Nina A. Eltekova and Anton Yu. Eltekov

Olefin/paraffm separation over the metal organic framework material

Cu3(BTC)2Martin Hartmann, Dieter Himsl, Sebastian Kunz and Oliver Tangermann

Amine modified, micro-mesoporous matrices for C02 retention: effect of

occluded templates on performanceElena I. Basaldella, M. Soledad Legnoverde, Esther N. Ponzi,

Juan C. Tara, Norberto Firpo andEdgardo L. Soto

Pre-concentration of organophosphorous compounds on porous silica

materials

Leonid A. Logvin, Andrey V. Smirnov, Roman A. Ovsyannikov,

Vitaly V. Ordomsky, Marina N. Rumyantseva, Alexander M. Gaskov,

Francois Fajula andIrina I. Ivanova

E - Films and membranes

Monocrystal-thin b-oriented silicalite-1 assemblies by molecular

imprinting: from membrane to micro-reactor applicationsLeszek Gora

Photo-induced surface hydrophilic properties on the Ti- and V-containing

mesoporous silica thin films

Yu Horiuchi, Kohsuke Mori, Norikazu Nishiyama and Hiromi Yamashita

Synthesis of Silicalite-1 films by a steam-assisted crystallization method

LikH. Wee, Lubomira Tosheva andAidan M. Doyle

Supported zeolite composite membranes synthesized by controlling the

penetration or gelation of the precursor into the support poresLoi'c Rouleau, Gerhard Pirngruber, Florent Guillou and

Valentin Valtchev

Synthesis of zeolite LTA films in the presence ofnucleation suppressors

Magdalena Lassinantti Gualtieri, Alessandro F. Gualtieri and

Maria Prudenziati

Mixed matrix membranes from nanostructured materials for gas

separationP. Gorgojo, B. Zornoza, S. Uriel, C. Tellez and J. Coronas

Synthesis ofordered mesoporous carbons in film morphology using

organic-organic interaction approachShunsuke Tanaka, Yugo Katayama, Norihito Nakatani, Michael P. Tate,

Hugh W. Hillhouse and Yoshikazu Miyake

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Stainless-steel net supported ITQ-17 membrane potential for microlaserapplication 661Yanli Chen, Guangshan Zhu, Ye Peng and Shilun Qiu

Measurement ofthe elastic properties ofzeolite films using Metglas-zeolite composite sensors

665Theodoros Baimpos, Vladimiros Nikolakis and Dimitris Kouzoudis

Defect-free zeolite membranes ofthe type BEA for organic vapourseparation and membrane reactor applications 669A. Avhale, D. Kaya, G.T.P. Mabande, T. Selvam, W. Schwieger, Th. StiefandR. Dittmeyer

Long-term stability of composite zeolite MFI membranes 673Pavel Hrabdnek, Arlette Zikdnovd, Bohumil Bernauer, Vlastimil FUa,Libor Brabec and Milan Kocifik

BEA-type films grown in fluoride media for applications in spacecraftindustry

677Alexandra Jakob, Valentin Valtchev, Michel Soulard, Joel Patarin andDelphine Faye

F - Theory and modelling

Thermodynamic study ofwater intrusion in hydrophobic zeolites byMonte Carlo simulations

683Fabien Cailliez, Nicolas Desbiens, Anne Boutin, Isabelle Demachy,Mickael Trzpit, Michel Soulard, Joel Patarin and Alain H. Fuchs

Free energy calculation of the reaction path of the N20 decompositionover Fe(II)-ferrierite

689Lubomir Benco, Tomas Bucko, Robert Grybos andJiirgen Hafner

Going beyond Si02 and A1P04: stabilisation of "strained" hypotheticalframeworks in exotic compositions 695Martijn A. Zwijnenburg, Furio Cord and Robert G. Bell

Modelling diffusion in zeolites with cellular automata 701Pierfranco Demontis, Federico G. Pazzona and Giuseppe B. Suffritti

Modelling crystal growth in zeolite A 705Ayako Umemura, Pablo Cubillas, Michael W. Anderson and JonathanR. Agger

Cu+, Ag+ and Na+ cationic sites in ZSM-5 interacting with benzene: DFTmodeling

709Joanna Zalucka, Pawel Kozyra, Mariusz Mitoraj, Ewa Broclawikand Jerzy Datka

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N20 decomposition on iron exchanged ferrierite. A combined periodicDFT and static IN-SITU FTIR study 713

Stepan Sklenak, Zdenek Sobalik, Zdenka Tvaruzkovd, Bavornpon

Jansang, Chengbin Li, Fei Gao, Bundet Boekfa, Lubomir Benco,

Tomas Bucko andJuergen Hafner

Theoretical study ofthe structure and properties ofNa-MOR and

H-MOR zeolite models 717

V.D. Dominguez-Soria, P. Calaminici andA. Goursot

Using XRD for the modelling of interactions in (guest-host) systems:success and pitfalls 721

E. Borissenko, F. Porcher, I-Jui Hsu, Yu Wang, K. Kato, M. Takata, M.

Souhassou and C. Lecomte

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