This study is the first to propose use of aluminum saline slag as source in synthesis alumina pillared clays (Al-PILC). Aluminum was extracted from this waste using both alkaline and acid solutions were compared for preparation intercalation used Al-PILC. Variations parameters such [OH–]/[Al3+], Al/clay (mmol/g), clay/volume solution ratios temperature studied processes. The solids obtained cha...

An unprecedented polynuclear metal cluster-pillared triangular prism was built by a macrocycle-directing strategy. Discrete architectures of three silver cluster-involved metallosupramolecules were characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography and spectroscopy studies.

Interlayer nanoporosity of hectorite pillared by tetraethylammonium ions is explored by hyperpolarized xenon NMR and relevant gases such as carbon dioxide revealing the adsorption capacity of the open galleries.

Molecular motions of methanol adsorbed in 1D nanochannels of pillared-layer coordination polymer with paramagnetic metal ions have been studied by (2)H NMR together with X-ray crystallography.

Pillared-layer type 3D porous coordination polymers with 2-sulfonylterephthalate, 4,4'-bipyridine and Zn(2+) have metal-free sulfonate groups on the pore walls, providing Lewis basic property for acid guest sorption.

From first-principle based grand canonical Monte-Carlo simulations, we propose a new hydrogen storage material, lithium-organic pillared graphite, showing high H2 uptake of 4.0 wt% and 41.9 kg m(-3) at 300 K and 100 bar.

An ab initio powder X-ray crystal structure analysis revealed that layered zinc 1,3,5-benzenetriphosphonates containing interlayer tetramethylammonium (ZBP-TMA) or 4,4'-bipyridinium cations (ZBP-bpy) are transformed to novel isomorphous 3D open-framework compounds ZBP-M (M: K, Rb, and Cs) by treatment in aqueous alkali metal chloride solutions. ZBP-Ms have a pillared layer-type of anionic frame...

Understanding and controlling the motion of the contact line is of critical importance for surface science studies as well as many industrial engineering applications. In this work, we elucidate the molecular origin of contact line stick-slip motion during the evaporation of liquid droplets on flexible nano-pillared surfaces using molecular dynamics simulations. We demonstrate that the evaporat...

We report the first synthesis of periodic mesoporous silicas templated by bicelles. The obtained materials form novel pillared lamellar structures with a high degree of periodic order, narrow pore size distributions, and exceptionally high surface areas.