ADSORPTION IN ZEOLITES, DISPERSION SELF-ENERGY, AND GAUSSIAN CURVATURE

Zeolite performance in various areas of chemistry is a much debated and largely unsettled issue. Interpretations based on traditional chemical reasoning have of late been challenged by the contention that the framework geometry per se enables the multifarious interactive sites, present in a typical zeolite framework, to focus and act cooperatively and thereby consummate the diverse chemical transformations which are observed. The present work clearly shows, from first principles, that such a conjecture is well founded and that the non-Euclidian geometry common to most zeolite frameworks is essential in the administration of dispersive forces.