Characterisation of Porous Solids V

The Fifth International Symposium on the Characterisation of Porous Solids (COPS-V) was held at Heidelberg, Germany, from May 30 to June 2, 1999. About 220 participants from 25 countries enjoyed a very successful meeting with 32 lectures and 155 poster presentations.
The Symposium started with a highly stimulating lecture by Sir John Meurig Thomas, Cambridge, highlighting the recent developments in engineering of new catalysts. The following two full sessions were devoted to theory, modelling and simulation which provide the basis for the interpretation of pore structural data of adsorbents and finely dispersed solids. Sessions 2 and 3 focused on the advances in the synthesis and characterisation of highly ordered inorganic adsorbents and carbons. Sessions 4 and 5 addressed important questions with respect to the characterisation of porous solids by sorption measurement and other related techniques.
The intensive three-day programme provided a stimulating forum for the exchange of novel research findings, concepts, techniques and materials which are collected in this volume.

Part headings and selected papers:

Theory, Modelling and Simulation. Adsorption of argon and xenon in silica controlled porous glass: a grand canonical Monte-Carlo study (R.J.-M. Pellenq et al.). The role of isosteric enthalpy of adsorption in micropore characterisation: a simulation study (D. Nicholson, N. Quirke).

Highly Ordered Porous Inorganic Systems. Rational design, tailored synthesis and characterisation of ordered mesoporous silicas in the micron and submicron size range (M. Grün et al.). Relationship between intrinsic pore-wall corrugation and adsorption hysteresis of N2, O2 and Ar on regular mesopores (S. Inoue et al.).

Carbons. Use of immersion calorimetry to evaluate the separation ability of carbon molecular sieves (C.G. de Salazar et al.). Molecular simulations and measurement of adsorption in porous carbon nanotubes (E. Alain et al.).

Interpretation of Data, Membranes. Critical appraisal of the use of nitrogen adsorption for the characterisation of porous carbons (P.L. Llewellyn et al.). Structural characterisation and applications of ceramic membranes for gas separations (E.S. Kikkinides et al.).

Miscellaneous Techniques. Further evidence of the usefulness of CO2 adsorption to characterise microporous solids (J. Garcia-Martinez et al.). Interaction between menisci in adjacent pores (G. Mason et al.). Studies on the formation and properties of some highly ordered mesoporous solids (M.J. Hudson, P. Trens). Pore structure of zeolites of type Y and pentasil as the function conditions of preparation and methods of modification (A.V. Abramova et al.). Characterisation of activated carbon fibers by positron annihilation life-time spectroscopy (PALS) (D. Lozano-Castelló).

Author index.