News from the Structure Commission

15-Jul-10 At the IZC in Sorrento, Italy, the Structure Commission
    welcomed four new members
      Robert Bell
Christine Kirschhock
Tetsu Ohsuna
Xiaodong Zou
    and thanked three retiring members for their service
      Doug Dorset (2004-2010)
Raul Lobo (1998-2010)
Wilfried Mortier (1977-2010)
        Wilfried Mortier was one of the founding members of the Structure Commission, so he was also presented with a plaque in Sorrento in recognition and appreciation of his dedication.
   
  The newly elected officers of the Structure Commission are
    Mike Treacy, Chairperson
Bob Broach, Co-chairperson
   
13-Jan-10 Three new Framework Type Codes have been approved
  MVY Type material: MCM-70
        Dorset, D.L. and Kennedy, G.J.
          "Crystal structure of MCM-70: a microporous material with high framework density"
J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 13891-13898 (2005)
        Xie, D., McCusker, L.B., Baerlocher, Ch., Gibson, L., Burton, A.W. and Hwang, S.-J.
          "Optimized synthesis and structural characterization of the borosilicate MCM-70"
J. Phys. Chem. C 113, 9845-9850 (2009)
  PUN Type material: PKU-9
        Su, J., Wang, Y., Wang, Z. and Lin, J.
          "PKU-9: an aluminogermanate with a new three-dimensional zeolite framework constructed from CGS layers and spiro-5 units"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131,6080-6081 (2009)
  SAF Type material: STA-15
        Han, Z., Picone, A.L., Slawin, A.M.Z., Seymour, V.R., Ashbrook, S.E., Zhou, W., Thompson, S.P., Parker, J.E. and Wright, P.A.
          "Novel large-pore aluminophosphate molecular sieve STA-15 prepared using the tetrapropylammonium cation as a structure directing agent"
Chem. Mater. 22, 338-346 (2010)
   

 

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last updated: 20-July-2010