"Version: 20160901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Porous materials -- 1.2. The geometry of the pore space and porosity -- 1.3. Pore sizes and the pore size distribution -- 1.4. Tortuosity -- 1.5. Guide to the reader2. Recap of thermodynamics -- 2.1. Funda…