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Modern and Efficient Heterogeneous Catalysts obtained through Integrative Chemistry

The first purpose of this discussion will therefore be thermodynamic, to illustrate the aforementioned problem and get to the heart of the matter. As shown in figure 2, we can schematize a meso-microporous grain with a de facto micro-mesoporous volume. This porous volume is subject to a pressure known as the Laplace pressure. If we place this porous grain in a surrounding liquid, the liquid will initially enter the periphery of the grain by capillary action and/or osmotic pressure, but very quickly we'll reach a thermodynamic equilibrium (in this case, mechanical equilibrium) where osmotic/capillary pressure equilibrates with the...