Tailored porous materials

Tailoring of porous materials involves not only chemical synthetic techniqu es for tailoring microscopic properties such as pore size, pore shape, pore connectivity, and pore surface reactivity, but also materials processing t echniques for tailoring the meso- and the macroscopic properties of bulk ma terials in the form of fibers, thin films, and monoliths. These issues are addressed in the context of five specific classes of porous materials: oxid e molecular sieves, porous coordination solids, porous carbons, sol-gel-der ived oxides, and porous heteropolyanion salts. Reviews of these specific ar eas are preceded by a presentation of background material and review of cur rent theoretical approaches to adsorption phenomena. A concluding section o utlines current research needs and opportunities.