Porous materials
The latest chemistry news and research on porous materials, including MOFs, zeolites and micro- and mesoporous materials, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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BusinessUK firm reaches tonne scale MOF manufacturing
Promethean Particles’s continuous flow process can produce carbon-capturing material at 100kg/hr
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ResearchNeural network trained to classify crystal structure errors in MOF and other databases
Study serves as a reminder that machine learning models are only as good as the data they are trained on
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FeatureHow the pioneers of metal-organic frameworks won the Nobel prize
From wooden models to thousands and thousands of structures, Julia Robinson tells the story of how Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry
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Opinion‘Making MOFs is the most fun I have ever had in the lab’
A personal connection to the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry
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ResearchUltralightweight aerogels remain stable even under extreme conditions
A unique dome-shaped structural design leads to enhanced thermal and elastic properties
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OpinionChemistry's capital C
From refinery scale to a nanosecond existence, carbon is everywhere – in life as well as chemistry
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ResearchWinery cuts costs with carbon capture pilot plant that uses metal–organic framework
Carbon dioxide captured from fermentation in a scalable, selective and sustainable manner
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ResearchPolymer membrane separates hydrocarbons, offering alternative to distillation
Microporous membrane enables energy efficient chemical separations
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FeatureCOFs head for the big time
Two decades on from the first reported covalent organic frameworks, Nina Notman investigates what their future holds
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ResearchMetal–organic framework captures carbon dioxide at industrially relevant temperatures
Material could improve energy efficiency of capturing carbon from industy’s exhaust gases
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ResearchFoaming bioplastic breaks down in seawater four times faster than paper
Highly porous cellulose diacetate polymer could be a packaging alternative
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ResearchSunlight-powered device harvests lithium from salty water
Low-energy device is a ‘step forward’ for sustainable lithium mining
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FeatureFast charging supercapacitors
Rapid development of the alternative energy storage technology to rechargeable batteries is already having real world impact. James Mitchell Crow talks to the scientists working on upping their performance
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ResearchHydroxide-loaded sponge soaks up atmospheric carbon dioxide
Low-cost charcoal absorbs carbon dioxide and rapidly releases it in energy-efficient process
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ResearchSimulations track how MOFs adsorb water, one molecule at a time
‘You can almost drink our water model because it’s so realistic’
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ResearchMOF-based filter harvests energy from seawater evaporation
Prototype device generates sustained electric current as salt water evaporates
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ResearchMOFs offer safer solution for handling fluorinated gases that can ‘tame the tiger’
Compounds vital in medicinal chemistry and imaging can be stored ready to use at room temperature
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ResearchChatGPT predicts synthesis conditions for MOFs
Accessible AI tool can assess multitude of protocols for making new porous materials
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ResearchNanocapsule seamed by calcium ions boasts huge internal volume
Giant metal–organic capsule assembles from C-ethylpyrogallol[4]arene and calcium ions