| 6-Nov-13 |
The Commission on Metal Organic Frameworks |
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was established at the 17th IZC in Moscow with Russell Morris as its chair. |
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A website is presently under construction.. |
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| 1-Nov-13 |
News from the Synthesis Commission |
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The Synthesis Commission is in the process of preparing a third edition of the "Verified Syntheses of Zeolitic Materials" book. They invite the zeolite community to propose zeolites of interest for inclusion in this new edition. The deadline for sending such proposals to Svetlana Mintova, the chair of the Synthesis Commission, is December 23, 2013. |
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| 12-Sep-13 |
History of the IZA |
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If you are looking for some information on the history of the IZA and its conferences, you might want to take a look at the book by Carmine Colella entitled "A short history of the International Zeolite Conference from London 1967 to Beijing 2007". It was published by A. De Frede in Naples in 2010. |
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| 11-Sep-13 |
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Copies of the Handbook of Natural Zeolites by William S. Wise, edited by Carmine Colella of the Commission on Natural Zeolites were distributed to the IZC-17 participants. |
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| 30-Jul-13 |
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Congratulations
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the recipients
of the 2013 Breck Award |
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Jürgen Caro and Michael Tsapatsis |
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of the Leibnitz Univerisity, Hannover and the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, respectively |
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for the assembly and processing of zeolite and MOF nanostructures enabling separation membranes |
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and |
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the new IZA Ambassador, the recipient
of the 2013 IZA Award |
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Francois Fajula |
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of the Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, Montpellier |
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for achievements in the synthesis and modification of zeolites and porous materials and their application in catalysts in refining and petrochemical processes |
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At the IZA Business
Meeting, the IZA membership selected |
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the venue for the 19th IZC in 2019: |
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Perth, Australia |
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and seven new Council members: |
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Suk Bong Hong (South Korea)
Raul Lobo (USA)
Russell Morris (UK)
Michael Tsapatsis (USA)
Valentin Valtchev (France)
Bert Weckhuysen (The Netherlands)
Jihong Yu (China) |
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The new Executive Committee of the IZA
Council is |
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Giuseppe Bellussi, President
Paul Wright, Vice-President
Jihong Yut, Secretary
Raul Lobo, Treasurer |
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The next IZC will be held in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| 4-Jul-13 |
The Structure
Commission has approved seven new Framework Type Codes |
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IFO |
Type material: ITQ-51 |
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ITT |
Type material: ITQ-33 |
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JSR |
Type material: JU-64 |
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OKO |
Type material: COK-14 |
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SEW |
Type material: SSZ-82 |
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SFW |
Type material: SSZ-52 |
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SVV |
Type material: SSZ-77 |
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There are now 213 Framework Type Codes. |
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| 6-May-13 |
More secure 3D display in the Database of Zeolite Structures |
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Christian Baerlocher has implemented a new version of the software for displaying animated framework drawings in the Database of Zeolite Structures. It is based on JSmol, which is an HTML5-only verson of Jmol, and no longer requires that Java (a security risk) be installed on your computer. Furthermore, the animated drawings will now work on mobile devices that support javascript (e.g. iPad, iPhone, Android devices). All of the features of the previous version are still available, but the performance, especially for the surface calculations, is slower. The previous version is still available for users who require the faster performance (just click on the button "use JAVA"). |
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| 6-May-13 |
More secure 3D display in the Database of Zeolite Structures |
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Christian Baerlocher has implemented a new version of the software for displaying animated framework drawings in the Database of Zeolite Structures. It is based on JSmol, which is an HTML5-only verson of Jmol, and no longer requires that Java (a security risk) be installed on your computer. Furthermore, the animated drawings will now work on mobile devices that support javascript (e.g. iPad, iPhone, Android devices). All of the features of the previous version are still available, but the performance, especially for the surface calculations, is slower. The previous version is still available for users who require the faster performance (just click on the button "use JAVA"). |
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| 12-Nov-2012 |
The IZA Executive Council is soliciting proposals for the 19th IZC in 2019 |
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The IZA Executive Council is soliciting proposals for organizing the 19th IZC to be held in 2019. A proposal should contain sufficient detail, including the specific proposed conference location, to permit a reasonable evaluation of its merits, and must contain the name of a person who agrees to become the Conference Organizer, should the proposal be selected by the Membership.
More details can be found here. |
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| 7-Oct-2012 |
The Structure
Commission has approved five new Framework Type Codes |
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BOZ |
Type material: Be-10 |
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JOZ |
Type material: LSJ-10 |
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JSN |
Type material: MAPO-CJ69 |
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JSW |
Type material: MAPO-CJ62 |
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PCR |
Type material: IPC-4 |
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There are now 206 Framework Type Codes. |
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| 23-Jul-2012 |
The website for the 17th IZC in Moscow (July 7-12, 2013) |
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is online and the first flyer for the conference is available here |
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| 25-Jun-2012 |
Symposium in Honour of Prof. Ramoa Ribeiro |
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The Portuguese Zeolite Group of Instituto Superior Técnico is organizing a symposium Catalysis: From the Active Site to the Process in honour of Prof. Fernando Ramoa Ribeiro, who sadly passed away last year.
Prof. Ramoa Ribeiro dedicated his life to teaching and researching in the field of catalysis with zeolites. He had an extensive cooperation with several international laboratories, and this contributed to the development and strengthening of the European catalysis community. The Organizing Committee hopes to attract a large international gathering of his friends and collaborators to pay tribute to this great sceintist and man. |
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| 5-Jun-2012 |
IZA Council Member Eduardo Falabella awarded Lavoisier Medal |
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Prof. Eduardo Falabella has been awarded the Lavoisier Medal of the Council of Chemistry of Brazil for his outstanding contributions to the chemical industry in this country , and in particular to the use of zeolites in chemical processes.
The prize will be presented in the Forum of Chemistry organized by the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro on June 29.
Congratulations Prof. Falabella! |
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| 2-Apr-2012 |
Nominations for the 2013 Donald W. Breck Award invited |
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The International Zeolite Association
invites nominations for the 2013 Donald W. Breck Award. This
award is for "the most significant contribution to Molecular
Sieve Science and Technology made between January 1, 2009 and
December 31, 2012" and the winner will be announced on July
11, 2013 at the 17th IZC in Moscow, Russia.
The award may be given to an individual or to a group.
The nomination should be accompanied by a list of references
and a 2 page summary outlining in detail the novel findings and
their scientific merit. it must be endorsed by five established
zeolite scientists.
Nominations should be sent by March
31, 2013 to the Chair of the Breck Award Committee: |
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Prof. Avelino Corma
Instituto de Tecnologia Química
UPV-CSIC Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Avda. de los Narajos s/n
E-46022 Valencia |
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| 14-Mar-2012 |
The Slovenian Zeolite Association (SiZA) |
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founded in 2011, now also has a website at http://si-za.si |
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| 10-Feb-2012 |
Workshop in Caen, France to launch new zeolite synthesis activity |
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The Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry (LCS) in Caen, France is organizing a one-day workshop entitled "Zeolites: Potential and Challenge" for the official launch of the new activities of the laboratory in the area of zeolite synthesis. Click here for more information. |
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| 10-Jan-2012 |
Zeolite synthesis research selected by Science editors as one of ten breakthrough areas in 2011 |
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The advances in the synthesis of tailored zeolitic materials reported in Science in 2011 by groups in South Korea, Spain, China, France, Germany and the USA are seen by the editors as one of the top ten breakthrough areas of the year. In their summary of the research (Science, 334, 1635), they write:
"This year, researchers found new ways to tailor the size of their [zeolite] pores and create thinner, cheaper membranes." and
"This surge of molecular wizardry provides a vivid reminder that the creativity of chemists keeps their field ever young."
The relevant papers are: |
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Kyungsu Na, Changbum Jo, Jeongnam Kim, Kanghee Cho, Jinhwan Jung, Yongbeom Seo, Robert J. Messinger, Bradley F. Chmelka, Ryong Ryoo
"Directing Zeolite Structures into Hierarchically Nanoporous Architectures"
Science 333, 328-332 (2011).
Jiuxing Jiang, Jose L. Jorda, Jihong Yu, Laurent A. Baumes, Enrico Mugnaioli, Maria J. Diaz-Cabanas, Ute Kolb, Avelino Corma
"Synthesis and Structure Determination of the Hierarchical Meso-Microporous Zeolite
ITQ-43"
Science 333, 1131-1134 (2011).
Kumar Varoon, Xueyi Zhang, Bahman Elyassi, Damien D. Brewer, Melissa Gettel, Sandeep Kumar, J. Alex Lee, Sudeep Maheshwari, Anudha Mittal, Chun-Yi Sung, Matteo Cococcioni, Lorraine F. Francis, Alon V. McCormick, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Michael Tsapatsis
"Dispersible Exfoliated Zeolite Nanosheets and Their Application as a Selective
Membrane"
Science 334, 72-75 (2011).
Eng-Poh Ng, Daniel Chateigner, Thomas Bein, Valentin Valtchev, Svetlana Mintova, "Capturing Ultrasmall EMT Zeolite from Template-Free Systems"
Science 335, 70 (2012). |
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Congratulations to all of the authors! |
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