Porous materials – Page 5
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Research
13,000-strong MOF menagerie fuels search for hydrogen storage solution
Researchers find promising hydrogen storage materials by virtually screening more than 13,000 metal–organic frameworks
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World's first commercial MOF keeps fruit fresh
Packaging releases plant growth regulator that slows down ripening
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Oxidants help prime explosive MOFs
Small oxidising molecules ignite potential of coordination polymers as a primary explosive
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Explosive intermediates muzzled by crystalline sponge
Ozonide structures determined safely with room to adapt the technique to other unstable compounds
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Naturally occurring MOFs found in coal mine minerals
Rare minerals overturn conventional wisdom that metal–organic frameworks are only found in the lab
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Transition metal material captures inert neon
First interaction between neon and a transition metal could lead to selective gas capture
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Membrane reactor turns methane into aromatics
Catalytic technology could turn untapped hydrocarbons into valuable chemical feedstocks
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Fluorescent MOF gets billion-fold boost in conductivity
Filling framework with a conductive polymer paves the way for electronic applications
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MOF in a bottle
Waste plastic bottles become a source for porous metal–organic framework synthesis
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Gas trap could drive down cost of key commodity chemical
Material can separate contaminant from the world’s biggest organic chemical feedstuff – ethylene – and cut its carbon footprint
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Disciplines unite to strengthen MOFs
Mechanical engineering sheds light on rigidity of porous frameworks
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Nanodots pencil in way to boost solar cells
Nanoparticles made from pencils’ graphite show interesting optoelectronic properties
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First permanently porous liquid created
Clever trick enables the design of a new class of material with interesting properties
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Feature
The dream of zeolite design
Zeolites are important industrial catalysts, so why can’t chemists make them to order? Andrew Turley finds out
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast – September 2015
In this months podcast, we discuss Ebola and malaria vaccines in the pipeline, the history of peer review, and managing the mountain of chemical data
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News
Coating can drive down white LED light prices
Luminescent metal–organic framework films may supplant expensive, rare earth-based LED coatings
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Zeolite packaging to fight durian fruit stench
Cheap odour-eating films can capture nasty smells and could soon find their way into clothing as well as food wrapping
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Tailored zeolite synthesis takes a big step forward
New zeolites first predicted and then made in potential boon for industrial catalysis
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MOF blends oxidiser with fuel for a precise bang
Safe and simple scaffold gives consistent explosive mix