Submicron Porous Materials
This book covers the latest research on porous materials at the submicron scale and inspires readers to better understand the porosity of materials, as well as to develop innovative new materials. A comprehensive range of materials are covered, including
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Submicron Porous Materials
Submicron Porous Materials
Paolo Bettotti Editor
Submicron Porous Materials
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Editor Paolo Bettotti Department of Physics University of Trento Trento Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-53033-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53035-2
ISBN 978-3-319-53035-2
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Preface
Wherever he saw a hole he always wanted to know the depth of it. To him this was important. J. Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth
Interfaces mediate our daily way to interact with things and at macroscopic surfaces they are the most common day-to-day experience. Flat surfaces are fundamental in many applications, but the mastering of material’s porosity is even more fascinating as it is an effective way to tune both type and strength of materials interactions. This is the main reason why porous materials are very important in science and technology nowadays. Any material is porous if we consider that its crystallographic unit cells might act as cages for smaller molecular species. More generally, and with the exception of ceramics and metals annealed at high temperature, nearly all materials show a porous structure with a typical length scale much larger than their unit cell. Porosity induces peculiar characteristics to surfaces and largely modifies their properties compared to those of the bulk states: wetting, tribology, chemical reactivity, and optoeletronic properties are only a few significant examples of characteristics modified by the presence of porosity. Very often, the interest in controlling material’s porosit
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