metal-organic frameworks

Stories on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which have the highest surface area of all known materials, high porosity and selective absorptivity

Materials

Nano-sponges on graphene make efficient filters of industrial wastewater

Engineers at the University of Vienna have developed a new composite material that makes an efficient filter for removing organic pollutants from water. The system uses super-porous “nano-sponges” embedded on a sheet of graphene.
Materials

Light-activated material stores potential energy for months or years

Researchers at Lancaster University have developed a new material that can store energy for months, and potentially years, at a time. The material can be activated by light, and then release the pent-up energy on demand in the form of heat.
Materials

Scientists encode data into artificial molecules

Information can be encoded into many patterns, such as ones and zeroes for computers. A new proof of concept has been demonstrated to encode information into artificial molecules, which could enable programmable materials or new types of computers.