The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on RecentAdvancesin Adsorption
Processes for Environmental Protection and Security was held during,
September 9-12, 2006, at Hotel Salyut, Kiev, Ukraine. There were 45
participants from 12 NATO countries, 8 Eligible Partner and
Mediterranean dialog home and one key speaker from Switzerland. We hope
that everyone went home with excellent memories and new ideas to enhance
environmental protection and security through adsorption science and
technology. The purpose of the Workshop was to bring together
researchers and en gineers working in adsorption related fields, to
share knowledge on the latest advances on adsorption processes for
environmental security and protection, as well as to cross link and
disseminate to the scientific community the main results and
achievements of recent NATO SfP projects on environmental security and
protection. Topics covered by the Workshop include recent theoretical
and experi mental developments on environmental adsorption, adsorption
processes, as well as synthesis and tailoring of novel adsorbents,
including the assessment of materials and processes. The invited
lectures provided a comprehensive report on adsorption and colloids,
carbon materials and adsorbents for various industrial applications, and
ecological safety and antiterrorism. Because rapidly developing areas in
nanotechnology for fine chemistry, air quality, and environmental
protection, are based on the synthesis and modificationof the
adsorbents, special at tention was given to synthesis and chemical
tailoring of porous materials to achieve desired properties as
adsorbents and separation media.