By Ruren Xu, Wenqin Pang, Jihong Yu (all at Jilin University, China), Qisheng Huo (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA), and Jiesheng Chen (Jilin University). John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd: Singapore. 2007. xiv + 280 pp. $235.00. ISBN 978-0-470-82233-3.

Zeolites are crystalline microporous materials with uniform pore sizes that have been widely used in the petrochemical industry, ion-exchange for water purification, and gas separations. Hierarchical ordered porous phasessmesoporous, macroporous, and metal organic frameworkssrepresent an emerging class of porous materials that are promising for diverse functional applications. The scope of this book attempts to cover the fundamentals of materials chemistry of these porous materials.

The first two chapters provide relevant information on generalities and structural aspects of zeolites. It is an important starting point for individuals who have not been widely exposed to this research field. The next chapters focus mainly on synthetic approaches of microporous materials and mechanistic aspects of the formation of zeolites. The use of these porous materials as hosts for diverse chemical guests is also discussed.

In Chapter 8, the synthesis, mechanistic routes, and structural characterization of silica-based mesoporous materials are described; however, the authors only briefly mention a few examples of nonsilicate compositions, even though there are several relevant reviews available in the literature on nonsilica based mesostructured phases. In my opinion, this topic should be a state-of-the-art consideration, since mesostructured transition metal oxides, in particular, could find a broad range of functional applications due to their unique catalytic, separation, electrical, optical, and magnetic properties. Macroporoustemplated materials is another topic that is barely touched on in this book, although it is one that deserves a better in-depth analysis. Literature citations are also not a strong point, with less than 9% of all the references being from 2004 to 2007.

In summary, this book mainly covers concepts on structure, chemistry, and applications of zeolites. Other hierarchical ordered porous materials are only briefly introduced. It does, however, represent a useful and comprehensive  reference guide for those interested in the field.

Moises A. Carreon, UniVersity of LouisVille
JA806745B
10.1021/ja806745b

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