Diffusion study by IR micro-imaging of molecular uptake and release on mesoporous zeolites of structure type CHA and LTA

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2662-2688

  Bonilla, Mauricio Rincon ^a,b   Titze, Tobias ^a   Schmidt, Franz ^c   Mehlhorn, Dirk ^a   Chmelik, Christian ^a   Valiullin, Rustem ^a   Bhatia, Suresh K ^b   Kaskel, Stefan ^c   Ryoo, Ryong ^d,e   Kärger, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^e Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion; IR Micro Imaging; Mesoporous zeolites; NaCaA; Olefins; Paraffins; SAPO 34; Surface barriers

Indexed keywords

IR MICRO-IMAGING; MESOPOROUS ZEOLITE; NACAA; SAPO-34; SURFACE BARRIER;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84881324403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6072662     Document Type: Article

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