Ecomateriais: desenvolvimento e aplicação de materiais porosos funcionais para proteção ambiental Ecomaterials: development and application of functional porous materials for environmental protection

• Main Authors: Odair Pastor Ferreira, Oswaldo Luiz Alves, Jeremias de Souza Macedo, Iara de Fátima Gimenez, Ledjane Silva Barreto
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2007-04-01
• Series: Química Nova
• Subjects: ecomaterials; green chemistry; porous materials
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422007000200039

<abstract language="eng">Fundamental aspects of the conception and applications of ecomaterials, in particular porous materials in the perspective of green chemistry are discussed in this paper. General recommendations for description and classification of porous materials are reviewed briefly. By way of illustration, some case studies of materials design and applications in pollution detection and remediation are described. It is shown here how different materials developed by our groups, such as porous glasses, ecomaterials from biomass and anionic clays were programmed to perform specific functions. A discussion of the present and future of ecomaterials in green chemistry is presented along with important key goals.