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The Science Seminar Series: September 28, 2006 4pm
Synthesis and Applications of Porous Materials
Dr. Tolulope O. Salami
VSU Chemistry
Powell Hall
Time: 4:00 - 5:00pm
Abstract
Porous materials are materials containing, voids, channels, space, pores or tunnels. They are classified based on their pore sizes and dimensionality (1D, 2D, 3D). Synthesis of porous materials has been an important research area in recent years due to their potential applications in ion-exchange, fuel cell, drug delivery, environmental clean-up etc. My interest lies in the synthesis of two-dimensional extended porous materials (layered inorganic materials). A general description of synthetic methods and applications of some new layered materials will be discussed.