Fabrication of Zn and Ti-loaded Carbon-silica Composite Derived from Gelatin Template for the Photodegradation of Methylene Blue by Maria Ulfa, Ika Uswatun Hasanah, Ida Setiarini

“…The nitrogen adsorption-desorption curves revealed both micropores and mesopores of TiO2/CSNs and ZnO/CSNs where the surface area reduced due to the blocking pore after impregnation. …”
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Impact of Uniaxial Mechanical Perturbation on Structural Properties and Smectite Porosity Features: Ion Exchanger Efficiency and Adsorption Performance Fate by Walid Oueslati, Chadha Mejri, Abdesslem Ben Haj Amara

“…Porosity analysis shows mesopore volume growth for the stressed sample and confirms crystallite exfoliation layer trends, results of the layer cohesion damage, and subsequent constraint strength fluctuations.…”
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Cooperative CO adsorption promotes high CO adsorption density over wide optimal nanopore range by Lei Chen, Takumi Watanabe, Hirofumi Kanoh, Kenji Hata, Tomonori Ohba

“…However, at a higher pressure CO 2 adsorption densities increased again in nanopores including micropores and small mesopores. The optimal pore size ranges of CO 2 adsorption in the slit-shaped and cylindrical carbon pores were 0.4–1.2 and 1.0–2.0 nm, respectively, although a high adsorption density was only expected for the narrow carbon nanopores from adsorption potentials. …”
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Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies of the Adsorption of Copper(II) Ions from Industrial Wastewater Using Activated Carbons Derived from Sugarcane Bagasse by Temiloluwa E. Amoo, Kehinde O. Amoo, Opeyemi A. Adeeyo, Clement O. Ogidi

“…Both BACs mainly composed of mesopores and bonds of O-H, C-O, C=O, and C-O-C. The BET surface area of BAC-P and BAC-Zn was 427.5 and 282 m2/g before adsorption, and their isoelectric point (pHIEP) 3.70 and 5.26, respectively.…”
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Effects of Thermal Treatment on Mineral Composition and Pore Structure of Coal by Bin Liu, Teng Teng, Zhenhua Jiao, Shaobo Li

“…The volume of macropore and mesopore increases slowly, and that of transition pore decreases slowly with the increasing temperature. …”
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Texture and Microstructure of Thermally-Treated Acid-Leached Kaolinitic Clays by Mervat Hassan, Hassan El-Shall

“…The increase in the specific surface area (S BET ) of the porous silica was due to the formation of micropores of 1.2–1.8 nm diameter and mesopores of 4.0–5.5 nm diameter inside the porous structure. …”
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Study on Microstructure Differences of Coal Samples before and after Loading by Jiajia Liu, Yingxiang Fang, Gaini Jia, Shouqi Chen, Jianmin Hu

“…The experimental results show that the pores of coal samples are mainly micropores and small pores, and the mesopores and macropores are relatively few. The T2 spectrum area of the coal sample is significantly increased after loading, and the parallel-layer coal samples’ T2 spectrum area is 46735, which is 9112 more than the vertical layer coal samples. …”
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Lignin-Derived Activated Carbon as Electrode Material for High-Performance Supercapacitor by Chenghao Pan, Yongfeng Ji, Suxia Ren, Tingzhou Lei, Lili Dong

“…The optimized sample LAC_800-4 showed an interconnected porous structure with a high surface area of 2285 m²/g, abundant micropores, and a small number of mesopores, which makes it a suitable electrode material for supercapacitors. …”
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Enchytraeids: Small but important ecosystem engineers by Cécile Serbource, Stéphane Sammartino, Sophie Cornu, Justine Papillon, Jérôme Adrien, Céline Pelosi

“…X-ray microtomography is a promising tool for studying at the mesopore scale, and further studies are needed to better characterize the bioturbation activity of enchytraeids.…”
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Study on the Effect of Soft and Hard Coal Pore Structure on Gas Adsorption Characteristics by Xun Zhao, Tao Feng, Ping Wang, Ze Liao

“…In particular, the superposition of the adsorption force field in the micropores and the diffusion in the mesopores enhance the adsorption potential of soft coal. …”
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Methane Adsorption in Anthracite Coal under Different Pressures and Temperatures—A Study Combining Isothermal Adsorption and Molecular Simulation by Tieya Jing, Jian Zhang, Mingyu Zhu, Wentao Zhao, Juan Zhou, Yulong Yin

“…Comparably, at 100°C and 7 MPa, the methane adsorption amount is only 15.9 cm3/g, decreasing by 44%. In mesopores, temperature has stronger influence on methane adsorption under higher pressure than that of lower pressure. …”
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Bio-carbon composite for supercapacitor electrodes: Harnessing hydrochar frameworks and bio-tar polymerization by Jixiu Jia, Yuxuan Sun, Lili Huo, Lixin Zhao, Ziyun Liu, Zhidan Liu, Kang Kang, Shuaishuai Zhang, Teng Xie, Yanan Zhao, Zonglu Yao

“…And it also showed a maximum specific surface area of 2714.27 m2/g, with a mesopore ratio of 68.79 % at an activation temperature of 800 °C. …”
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Research on the Pore Evolution of Sandstone in Cold Regions under Freeze-Thaw Weathering Cycles Based on NMR by Zheng Pan, Keping Zhou, Rugao Gao, Zhen Jiang, Chun Yang, Feng Gao

“…Analysis of the experimental data reveals that the decrease in the porosity of the red sandstone is mainly governed by mesopores, which is related to the water swelling phenomenon of montmorillonite. …”
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Pyrolysis and Morphology Behavior of EDTA-Na2Mg•4H2O and Coal Tar Pitch and Its Application for Porous Carbon by Wen-Juan Zhang, Shi-Hua Song, Wen-Hong Tian

“…After acid washing of the product of EDTA-Na2Mg•4H2O@CTP heat-treated at 700°C, the obtained porous carbon material consists of micropores and mesopores. Its specific surface area is 574.18 m2 g−1 and the average pore width is 4.53 nm.…”
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Performance of U(Ⅵ) enrichment by tannic acid sodium and alginate composite microspheres by LIU Qing, HUANG Jianbin, LI Weifan, ZHAO Guodong, YANG Jingjing

“…The adsorption of U(Ⅵ) by TA/SA microspheres was a spontaneous endothermic process, and the reaction could be divided into three stages, including surface adsorption, mesopore diffusion, and micropore diffusion. TA/SA microspheres had an irregular grooved surface and a three-dimensional network structure with numerous openings inside. …”
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Factors Influencing the Pore Structure and Gas-Bearing Characteristics of Shales: Insights from the Longmaxi Formation, Southern Sichuan Basin and Northern Yunnan-Guizhou Depressio... by Li Dong, Changcheng Han, M. Santosh, Yongkai Qiu, Geng Liu, Jinghui Ma, Hao He, Chenlin Hu

“…The pores in the LF mainly include organic matter-hosted pores, intergranular pores, intragranular pores, and microfissures, with mesopores dominating. Meanwhile, the gas content also increases with an increase in depth. …”
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Synthesis and Characterisation of a Monolithic Imprinted Column Using a Methacrylic Acid Monomer with Porogen Propanol for Atenolol Analysis by Aliya Nur Hasanah, Firdha Senja Maelaningsih, Fadli Apriliandi, Akhmad Sabarudin

“…Based on SAA testing, the pores of the four polymers were classified as mesopores. The best monolithic column was MIP 1, as seen from the intercolumn and intracolumn reproducibility values and a % RSD <2.0%. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Land Use on Soil Infiltration Rate in a Tropical West African Watershed (Ouriyori, Benin) by Quentin Fiacre Togbévi, Martine van der Ploeg, Kéhounbiova Audrey Tohoun, Sampson K. Agodzo, Kwasi Preko

“…Moreover, fallow lands tend to provide water storage capacity through the improvement of mesopores, while soil compaction through agricultural activities reduces soil porosity and therefore soil infiltration. …”
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Structural Alteration, Hydration Stability, Heavy Metal Removal Efficiency, and Montmorillonite Porosity Fate by Coupling the Soil Solution pH and a Thermal Gradient by Chadha Mejri, Walid Oueslati, Abdesslem Ben Haj Amara

“…The evolution of montmorillonite porosity is determined by adsorption measurement, based on Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) and Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) pore size distribution analyses which confirms for all samples, the exfoliation process, and the mesopore diameter rise by increasing the constraint intensity.…”
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Characterization and Properties of Activated Carbon Prepared from Tamarind Seeds by KOH Activation for Fe(III) Adsorption from Aqueous Solution by Sumrit Mopoung, Phansiri Moonsri, Wanwimon Palas, Sataporn Khumpai

“…The results of iodine and methylene blue adsorption indicate that the pore size of the activated carbon is mostly in the range of mesopore and macropore. The average BET pore size and BET surface area of activated carbon are 67.9764 Å and 2.7167 m2/g, respectively. …”
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