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Title: Models of adsorption-induced deformation: ordered materials and beyond
Abstract Adsorption-induced deformation is a change in geometrical dimensions of an adsorbent material caused by gas or liquid adsorption on its surface. This phenomenon is universal and sensitive to adsorbent properties, which makes its prediction a challenging task. However, the pure academic interest is complemented by its importance in a number of engineering applications with porous materials characterization among them. Similar to classical adsorption-based characterization methods, the deformation-based ones rely on the quality of the underlying theoretical framework. This fact stimulates the recent development of qualitative and quantitative models toward the more detailed description of a solid material, e.g. account of non-convex and corrugated pores, calculations of adsorption stress in realistic three-dimension solid structures, the extension of the existing models to new geometries, etc. The present review focuses on the theoretical description of adsorption-induced deformation in micro and mesoporous materials. We are aiming to cover recent theoretical works describing the deformation of both ordered and disordered porous bodies.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1944495
PAR ID:
10330319
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Volume:
34
Issue:
6
ISSN:
0953-8984
Page Range / eLocation ID:
063002
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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