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| 23-Dec-17 |
News from the MOF Commission |
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The MOF commission of the
IZA would like to solicit bids to
host the 7th International MOF meeting, which is scheduled to take
place in
2020. The deadline for bids will be October 1st, 2018 and the decision
will be
made during the 6th International MOF meeting to be held in December
2018 in
Auckland, New Zealand. Further information on what is required for a
bid can be
found by clicking here. The required
documentation should be e-mailed to
Russell Morris (rem1@st-andrews.ac.uk) by the above date.
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| 17-Nov-17 |
News from the Natural Zeolites Commission |
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A comprehensive report on the sedimentary
zeolites of
Cuba is posted on the Natural Zeolite Commission website.
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| 25-Aug-17 |
Gérard
Férey (1941 - 2017) |
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It is with great sadness that we report the
passing of Professor Gérard Férey, one of the pioneers of metal-organic
framework chemistry.
Gérard was born in Normandy in 1941 and
began his scientific career at the University of Le Mans in the 1960s.
Initially, he was a solid-state fluorine chemist but his interest in
microporous materials began with his work on fluorophosphate open
framework
solids and his synthesis if the ULM-n
series of compounds, and his pioneering Secondary Building Unit (SBU)
approach
of crystalline porous solids. In 1996 he moved to the University of
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and founded the Institute
Lavoisier de Versailles. It
was here that he began his work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and
his
laboratory produced some of the most iconic MOFs including the flexible
MIL-53
and MIL-88, and highly porous frameworks such as MIL-100 and MIL-101. Throughout the latter part of his career he
was a strong supporter of the zeolite and MOF communities, and in
particular
his efforts to ensure that MOFs became recognised by the IZA.
Gérard received many awards during his long
career; he was awarded France’s highest scientific honour, the gold
medal of
the CNRS in 2010, and was inducted into the Ordre National de la Légion
d'honneur – France’s
highest civil
award. Gérard Férey’s
legacy and his commitment to the community
will be
felt by all followers of microporous materials for many years to come.
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| 15-Aug-17 |
News from the Structure
Commission |
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Several
features have been added to the Database of
Zeolite Structures recently. |
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The
origin of the type material name and the derivation of the associated
three letter code has been added to the Type Material page. |
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The
number of topologically distinct T-atoms in the idealized framework
structure has been added as a search option on the Advanced
Search/Channel System page. |
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The
dropdown menus now work on mobile devices as well. |
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Older
framework drawings are being replaced by newer ones as time permits (42
done so far). |
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| 18-Jul-17 |
The Structure
Commission has approved three new Framework Type Codes |
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-IFT Type material: ITQ-53
SWY Type material: STA-20
EWS Type material: EMM-26
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| 23-Jun-17 |
18th IZC meeting report has been posted
on the History site of the IZA |
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Prof.
Carmine Collela has posted the report of the 18th IZC meeting (Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil) on the IZA History website (see the Navigation bar to
the left). |
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| 21-May-17 |
News from the Synthesis Commission |
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The
IZA Synthesis Commission has prepared the 3rd Edition of the book
“Verified Syntheses of Zeolitic Materials” (ISBN-10: 0-692-68539-1) in
order to enlarge the existing collection and to include new materials
of interest to the zeolite research community. The introductory
articles revealed the most important developments from the last decade
associated with synthesis, characterization and application of zeolites. |
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| 21-Mar-17 |
News
from the Structure Commission |
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The
Structure Commission has launched a fully revised version of the Database
of Zeolite Structures.
We thank Christian Baerlocher and all the colleagues involved in the
permanent evolution of the database. |
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| 6-Dec-16 |
Avelino Corma receives the 2016 Spiers
Memorial Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry |
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Prof.
Corma was recognized for the introduction of new concepts for the
synthesis of microporous and mesoporous inorganic materials and their
application in heterogeneous catalysis, which have resulted in an
extensive range of industrial applications.
Congratulations from
the IZA to our esteemed colleague! |
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| 31-Oct-16 |
The Structure
Commission has approved a new Framework Type Code |
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ETL Type material: H-EU-12 |
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| 27-Oct-16 |
News from the Structure
Commission |
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The Database of
Zeolite Structures has been updated and modernized. The
database has been migrated from FileMaker
to MySQL and the
query language changed from xsl
to php.
The four university servers have been replaced with three commercial
virtual servers (vServers) that are located in Europe, Asia and North
America to give a better geographical distribution of service. These
three servers will be maintained by Christian Baerlocher and Lynne
McCusker (Zurich), Wei Wan and Xiaodong
Zou (Stockholm) and Christine Kirschhock and her team (Leuven), respectively. The
changes ensure the future of the Database of
Zeolite Structures for the next 20 years.
This year we are celebrating our 20th year of zeolite structures on the
web. For more information on the history, click here.
On behalf of the whole zeolite community, we thank all the colleagues
involved in the constant evolution of this indispensable tool! |
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| 15-Sep-16 |
New reports from the Natural Zeolite
Commission |
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Two
new reports concerning the sedimentary zeolite deposits in Armenia and
in Iran have been put online in the Natural Zeolite Commission website.
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| 5-Aug-16 |
Russell Morris becomes a Fellow of the
Royal Society (FRS) in London |
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Prof.
R. Morris (University of St Andrews) has been elected as a FRS because
of his important work in porous solids, and in particular for his
revolutionary developments in synthesis, such as the ionothermal and
ADOR methods, which have had significant impact across a wide range of
chemistry outside his own field. Morris was also elected for his work
in developing new applications of zeolites and metal-organic
frameworks, particularly for the controlled delivery of therapeutic
gases for medicine.
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| 30-Jun-16 |
IZA
Awards |
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The recipients of the 2016 Breck Award
are: |
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Svetlana
Mintova and
Valentin Valtchev
of the CNRS, Laboratory
of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry, Caen, France
for the
understanding of the nucleation in organic-free hydrogel systems
leading to rational design of industrially relevant nanosized zeolites.
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The
new IZA Ambassador, the recipient of the 2016 IZA Award
is:
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Avelino
Corma
of the Institute of
Chemical Technology (ITQ), Valencia, Spain
for outstanding
achievements in the synthesis of zeolites and their application as
catalysts in petrochemical processes and fine chemicals synthesis.
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IZA
Honorary Memberships were given
to:
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Carmine
Colella
of the University of
Naples, Naples, Italy
for contribution
given to the IZA through the constitution of the Natural Zeolite
Commission, the preservation of the related culture, the update of IZA
history and the keeping of IZA archive
Michael Stöcker
of the
SINTEF, Oslo, Norway
for co-founding the
Journal "Microporous and Mesoporous Materials" and for having supported
the culture of zeolite science as Editor-in-Chief of this Journal for
many years.
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Congratulations!
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| 29-Jun-16 |
IZA Council |
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Seven new Council members were elected:
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Martin
Hartmann (Germany)
Masaiko Matsukata (Japan)
Roberto Millini (Italy)
Heloise Pastore (Brazil)
Fernando Rey (Spain)
Matthias Thommes (USA)
Xiaodong Zou (Sweden) |
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The
new Executive Committee of the IZA Council is: |
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Valentin Valtchev, President
Suk Bong Hong, Vice-President
Heloise Pastore, Secretary
Raul Lobo, Treasurer |
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| 28-Jun-16 |
International
Zeolite Conference (IZC) |
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At the
IZA Business Meeting, the IZA membership selected the venue for the 20th IZC in 2022:
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Valencia, Spain |
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The next IZC will be held in 2019 in
Perth, Australia |
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| 16-May-16 |
Proposals for the organization of the
6th International MOF Meeting |
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The MOF commission of
the IZA would like to solicit bids to host the 6th International MOF
meeting, which is scheduled to take place in 2018. The deadline for
bids will be August 1st, 2016 and the decision will be made during the
5th International MOF meeting to be held in September 2016 in Long
Beach California, USA. For further information on what is required for
a bid please contact Russell Morris (rem1@st-andrews.ac.uk).
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| 11-Apr-16 |
Newly Elected Academicians |
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The
following zeolite scientists were elected as Academicians in 2015:
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Prof. M.
Tsapatsis – USA National Academy of Engineering
Prof. J. Yu – Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Z. Liu – Chinese Academy of Engineering |
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Congratulations from the IZA to our
esteemed colleagues! |
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| 17-Mar-16 |
Jule Rabo (1924-2016) |
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It
is with great sadness that we must report that Jule Rabo, one of the
pioneers of zeolite science, passed away on March 1, 2016.
Dr. Rabo, one of UOP's leading
scientists, has a long list of accomplishments, but he is best known
for his discovery of the acidic forms of zeolite Y and and for applying
them to petroleum catalysis. The catalysts he discovered have formed
the basis for the production of motor fuels for almost 60 years. He was
a Senior Research Fellow at Union Carbide, later UOP, and continued to
consult for the company for many years after his retirement in 1990.
He
earned wide recognition for his discoveries, and received numerous
awards, including, in 1993, the Chemical Pioneer Award from the
American Institute of Chemists for pioneering discoveries in zeolite
catalysis. He was a generous teacher who shared his knowledge
enthusiastically with colleagues and students during his career. He
lectured widely on catalysis and surface chemistry at national and
international conferences, at universities, catalysis societies and
industrial research centers all over the world. He earned more than 60
U.S. patents and authored several dozen articles, studies and books.
The zeolite community will continue to enjoy this legacy for many years
to come.
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