12 February 2013 Emissions from coal power stations could be drastically reduced by a new, energy-efficient material that adsorbs large amounts of carbon dioxide, then releases it when exposed to sunlight. In a study published today in Angewandte Chemie, Monash University and CSIRO scientists for the first time discovered a photosensitive metal organic framework (MOF) [...]
A family of nanoporous materials well known for their gas separation properties can sort molecules with much more sophistication than previously thought. Researchers in Australia have discovered that certain zeolites don’t act as simple molecular sieves, but rather separate molecules according to their ability to open ‘molecular trapdoors’ within the zeolite structure. Carbon dioxide molecules [...]
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