Porous materials statistical thermodynamic theories

Statistical thermodynamic theories such as atomistic density functional theory (DFT) for the computation of adsorption isotherms in simple pore geometries such as slits [15] or cylindrical capillaries [16] This category also includes integral equation methods for porous matrices [17] and templated porous materials [18],... 

The Theory of Porous Media (TPM) is a concept based on the fundamentals of classical continuum mechanics and thermodynamics. It is used in numerous fields of research to model the behavior of saturated porous solid materials. The fluid-stracture interaction within the material is incorporated by a statistical homogenization of a representative elementary volume. Hence, no knowledge of the geometry and the stracture of the interfering components is required the investigated domain has to be rather large and it has to comprise a sufficiently homogenous substmcture. 

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