17.5
Conclusions 586
Acknowledgements 586
References 586
18
Nanoporous Materials 589
A. K. Cheetham and P. M. Forster
18.1
Introduction 589
18.2
Stability of Open-Framework Materials 590
18.3
Aluminosilicate Zeolites 591
18.4
Open-Framework Metal Phosphates 595
18.4.1 Aluminum Phosphates 595
18.4.2 Phosphates of Gallium and Indium 598
18.4.3 Tin(II) Phosphates and Antimony(III) Phosphates 599
18.4.4 Transition Metal Phosphates 600
18.4.4.1 Molybdenum and Vanadium Phosphates 600
18.4.4.2 Iron Phosphates 601
18.4.4.3 Cobalt(II) and Manganese Phosphates 603
18.4.4.4 Copper and Nickel Phosphates 603
18.4.4.5 Zirconium and Titanium Phosphates 605
18.5
Chalcogenides, Halides, Nitrides and Oxides 606
18.5.1 Sulfides and Selenides 606
18.5.2 Halides 607
18.5.3 Nitrides 607
18.5.4 Binary Metal Oxides 607
18.5.5 Sulfates 608
18.6
Hybrid Nanoporous Materials 608
18.6.1 Coordination Polymers 609
18.6.2 Hybrid Metal Oxides 612
18.7
Conclusions 614
References 616
19
Photochemistry and Electrochemistry of Nanoassemblies 620
P. V. Kamat
19.1
Metal and Semiconductor Nanostructures 620
19.2
Photoinduced Charge Transfer Processes in Semiconductor Nanoparticle
Systems 620
19.3
Photoinduced Transformations of Metal Nanoparticles 622
19.3.1 Transient Bleaching of the Surface Plasmon Band 623
19.3.2 Laser Induced Fusion and Fragmentation of Metal Nanoclusters 624
19.3.3 Photoinduced Energy and Electron Transfer Process between Excited
Sensitizer and Metal Nanocore 625
19.4
Electrochemistry of Semiconductor Nanostructures 627
19.4.1 Nanostructured Metal Oxide Films 627
19.4.2 Nanostructured Oxide Films Modified with Dyes and Redox
Chromophores 628
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