Publication
Title
Design of zeolite by inverse sigma transformation
Author
Abstract
Although the search for new zeolites has traditionally been based on trial and error, more rational methods are now available. The theoretical concept of inverse transformation of a zeolite framework to generate a new structure by removal of a layer of framework atoms and contraction has for the first time been achieved experimentally. The reactivity of framework germanium atoms in strong mineral acid was exploited to selectively remove germanium-containing four-ring units from an UTL type germanosilicate zeolite. Annealing of the leached framework through calcination led to the new all-silica COK-14 zeolite with intersecting 12- and 10-membered ring channel systems. An intermediate stage of this inverse transformation with dislodged germanate four-rings still residing in the pores could be demonstrated. Inverse transformation involving elimination of germanium-containing structural units opens perspectives for the synthesis of many more zeolites.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Nature materials. - London, 2002, currens
Publication
London : 2012
ISSN
1476-1122 [print]
1476-4660 [online]
DOI
10.1038/NMAT3455
Volume/pages
11 :12 (2012) , p. 1059-1064
ISI
000311432600025
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Counting Atoms in Nanomaterials (COUNTATOMS).
KINPOR: First principle chemical kinetics in nanoporous materials
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Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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