ABSTRACT
I. WHY THERMODYNAMICS IS CHOSEN FOR PORE MODELING
In the previous analysis presented in Chapter 1 we have shown that most of specific properties of porous structures are determined by micropores: first of all, the adsorptive and selective separation properties that are exceptional and very important in the technical aspect features of microporosity. Hence, knowledge of micropores and microporous structures is extremely important for us. On the other hand, as we have shown in Chapter 2, experimental studies of microporosity are very complicated: direct methods (scattering by electromagnetic rays or elementary particles) are related to very significant errors of measurement, whereas indirect methods need careful theoretical treatment. It seems very perspective to combine different experimental methods for the obtainment of more information about microporosity, but in such situation the role of theoretical treatment of experimental results obtained by different techniques becomes even more important. This contradiction-between the enormous practical significance of studies of micropores and the serious problems in their experimental research-makes us to conclude about a great importance of theoretical studies of microporosity.
