Synthesis and Structure. Wiley-VCH, Singapore 2007, xi + 679 pp., hardcover, Euro 199.00, ISBN 978-0-470-82233-3.The chemistry of zeolites and related porous materials is gaining increasing importance. A large variety of such materials ranging from zeolites, microporous molecular sieves, mesoporous materials, and macroporous materials to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have found wide applications in industry in areas such as catalysis, ion-exchange and sorption, and other hightechnology applications.This book places a clear focus on the chemistry of zeolites and related ordered porous materials. It is an excellent research reference for solid-state chemists, materials chemists, synthetic chemists, and geochemists. The authors have extensive research experience and have accumulated a deep understanding of the field over several years. They have taken great pains to present a true state-of-the-art picture of the field of zeolites and related porous materials. Critical research results and applications, as well as more recent developments, have been incorporated in this book. The framework and the contents of the book are reflective of the effort and careful thinking invested by the authors in this project.The chemical aspects (i.e., synthesis and structure) of zeolites and related porous materials are covered over nine chapters. The tables and figures are well designed to illustrate the contents in a straightforward manner. Chapter 1 briefly introduces the evolution, development, applications, and prospects for zeolites and related ordered porous materials.Chapter 2 summarizes the structural characteristics of zeolites and related microporous materials. Structure analysis is a fundamental aspect of zeolite chemistry. Detailed understanding of the structure helps in mapping the relationship between syntheses, structures, and properties of porous materials. The abundant structural information about zeolites and related microporous materials provided in this chapter is essential for researchers seeking to obtain a good understanding of this field.Chapter 3 presents the hydrothermal and solvothermal synthesis approaches generally used for the preparation of molecular sieves and porous materials.

MCM-41 silica particles with several morphologies have been controllably synthesized with a basic medium. Nanospherical MCM-41 silica with an average size of 110 nm was produced through reaction of extremely low surfactant concentrations of CTAB with TEOS in the sodium hydroxide medium at 353 K, while a submicrometer-sized silica rod, 0.3-0.6 µm in diameter and 1 µm in length, and micrometer-sized oblate silica with nominal diameter around 1 µm were synthesized in aqueous ammonia, where the size and the morphology were controlled by varing the content of the solvent. A morphogenetic mechanism that is based on the deposition of self-assembled silicate surfactant rodlike micelles is proposed and explains well the controllability of the morphology.

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