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Engineering porous crystals to do different things

Nature Materials volume 23, pages 39–40 (2024)Cite this article

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An important but difficult separation, the removal of carbon monoxide from humid gas mixtures comprising oxygen, nitrogen and hydrocarbons, is addressed by exploiting Cu(I) coordination chemistry and framework flexibility.

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Fig. 2: MAF-2 materials.

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The author has patents issued or pending on direct air capture and atmospheric water harvesting in MOFs and related porous materials.

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