Chemical Sciences: Metal-organic frameworks capture CO2
Nature Communications
July 18, 2012
A porous metal-organic framework that can absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) at ambient conditions is reported in Nature Communications this week. This technology may open up new possibilities for the capture and separation of CO2 in industrial processes.
Metal-organic frameworks are highly porous materials that are promising for gas capture. A significant challenge to their more widespread use for capturing CO2 has been their inefficiency at ambient temperatures and pressures. Banglin Chen and colleagues present a metal-organic framework that overcomes this problem and displays a high uptake of CO2 at ambient conditions.
Because of their low cost and non-toxic nature, metal-organic frameworks could become viable alternatives to the solvents that are presently used to chemically absorb CO2 in industrial processes.
doi: 10.1038/ncomms1956
Research highlights
-
Jul 30
Genetics: ENCODE expands the encyclopaedia of regulatory elementsNature
-
Jul 24
Drug repurposing: Large-scale screen reveals potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugsNature
-
Jul 23
Biotechnology: A safer, rapid assay for studying SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodiesNature Biotechnology
-
Jul 23
Genomics: Six genomes provide clues to bats’ exceptional adaptationsNature
-
Jun 30
Biotechnology: Bioengineered scaffold repairs uterus and supports live births in rabbitsNature Biotechnology
-
Jun 24
Cancer: A 'fasting mimicking' diet may aid chemotherapyNature Communications
