Zeolites are natural or synthetic materials with porous chemical structures that are valuable due to their absorptive and catalytic qualities. Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are manmade organometallic polymers with similar porous structures. This introductory book, with contributions from top-class researchers from all around the world, examines these materials and explains the different synthetic routes available to prepare zeolites and MOFs. The book also highlights how the substances are similar yet different and how they are used by science and industry in situations ranging from fueling cars to producing drugs.

Vincent Blay is a research engineer and entrepreneur at Universitat de València and at Instituto de Tecnología Química, Spain.Luis F. Bobadilla is a material scientist and lecturer at Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, Spain.Alejandro Cabrera-García is a synthetic chemist at Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain.

1. Prologue. Suk Bong Hong 2. Zeolites and MOFs? Dare to Know Them! Valentin Valtchev, Svetlana Mintova 3. Synthesis and Identification Methods for Zeolites and MOFs. L. Marcela Martínez T., Svetlana Ivanova, Benoît Louis, José Antonio Odriozola 4. Spectroscopic Methods of Characterization for Zeolites and MOFs. Luis F. Bobadilla, Laetitia Oliviero, Francisca Romero-Sarria, Marco Daturi 5. Oil Refining and Petrochemistry: Use of Zeolites and Opportunities for MOFs. María ‰ngeles Romero, Jesús Lázaro, Juana Frontela 6. Biomass Transformation into Chemicals Using Zeolites and MOFs. O. H. Laguna, S.M. Coman, M.A. Centeno and V. I. Parvulescu 7. Biocatalysis on Porous Materials. Isabel Díaz, Rosa María Blanco, Manuel Sánchez-Sánchez, Carlos Márquez-‰lvarez 8. Adsorption Processes on Zeolites and Metal Organic Frameworks for Industrial and Environmental Applications. Elena López-Maya, Carmen Montoro, L. Marleny Rodriguez-Albelo, Carmen R. Maldonado 9. Membrane Technology: how, where, and why. Motomu Sakai, Masahiro Seshimo, Masahiko Matsukata 10. The Possibilities of Computational Chemistry Experiments. Bartlomiej M. Szyja, Danny Vanpoucke 11. Zeolites and Metal-organic Frameworks as Biomedical Nanodevices. A. Cabrera-García, Z. Díaz-Betancor, E. Rivero-Buceta 12. Zeolites and MOFs as Catalysts in Fine Chemical Reactions. Francisco G. Cirujano, Anna Nowacka 13. The Future of Zeolite and MOF Materials. Eduardo Falabella Sousa-Aguiar, Pedro Augusto Arroyo, Maria Angélica Simões Dornellas de Barros, Jussara Lopes de Miranda LikeThe materials of the future, today. Zeolites and Metal-Organic Frameworks