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  03 October 2023 | Open Access

  Integrating stability metrics with high-throughput computational screening of metal–organic frameworks for CO₂ capture

  High-throughput computational screening accelerates the search for promising metal-organic frameworks but often neglects stability. Here, four stability metrics are integrated with high-throughput computational screening to identify top-performing metal-organic frameworks for carbon dioxide capture.

  • Saad Aldin Mohamed
  • , Daohui Zhao
  •  & Jianwen Jiang

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  05 July 2023 | Open Access

  Neon encapsulation by a hydroquinone organic crystalline clathrate under ambient conditions

  It is difficult to store noble gases in solids due to their chemical inertness and relative lightness. Here, a hydroquinone organic clathrate can stably capture neon at atmospheric pressure and room temperature and be released at elevated temperatures.

  • Sol Geo Lim
  • , Jong-Won Lee
  •  & Ji-Ho Yoon

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  26 October 2021 | Open Access

  Cavity vat photopolymerisation for additive manufacturing of polymer-composite 3D objects

  There is an ongoing drive for new additive manufacturing processes that produce complex parts. Here, cavity vat polymerisation is introduced, in which cavities are filled with a dual-curing resin that forms an elastomer/thermoset covalently bonded interface, creating hard-shell/soft-core parts.

  • Joel Bachmann
  • , Philip Obst
  •  & Olaf Hinrichsen

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  18 June 2021 | Open Access

  The moment of initial crystallization captured on functionalized nanoparticles

  Understanding the mechanism of supercooling suppression by crystallization seeds is important for designing semiclathrate hydrates for latent heat storage materials. Here, we show that 10-30 nm cluster formation around silver nanoparticles promotes crystallization of supercooled aqueous solutions.

  • Hironobu Machida
  • , Takeshi Sugahara
  •  & Izumi Hirasawa

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  04 January 2021 | Open Access

  Shaping and silane coating of a diamine-grafted metal-organic framework for improved CO₂ capture

  Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising for CO₂ capture. Here, the Mg₂(dobpdc) MOF is synthesized as micron-sized beads with a silane coating resulting in > 11 wt% CO₂ absorption, which is retained after three days in a humid environment at 140 °C.

  • Jong Hyeak Choe
  • , Jeoung Ryul Park
  •  & Chang Seop Hong

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  11 June 2020 | Open Access

  Instantaneous fibrillation of egg white proteome with ionic liquid and macromolecular crowding

  The applicability of protein fibrils as functional biomaterials is limited due to low scalability of production process, slow kinetics, and requirement of expensive purified proteins. Here, instantaneous production of protein fibrils from egg white proteome using cholinium tosylate as a fibrillation agent is shown, with the obtained fibrils displaying enhanced mechanical stiffness and cytocompatibility.

  • Pankaj Bharmoria
  • , Dibyendu Mondal
  •  & Mara G. Freire