Tag: porous

Actuators are common machine components that convert energy into movement, like the muscles in the human body, vibrators in mobile ...

They published their work on Oct. 12 in Energy Material Advances. Credit: They published their work on Oct. 12 in ...

Amidst the growing demand for clean and renewable energy, different solar energy harvesting technologies are being actively developed. Among them, ...

Did you know rivers carry about 40 trillion metric tons of river water into the ocean every year? This meeting ...

The portable and electric energy storage market has long been dominated by lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and supercapacitors, surpassing other energy ...

Inspired by jigsaw puzzles, Prof. ZHAO Yanchuan and his research team from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) of ...

Researchers from Stockholm University have developed porous crystals made from pomegranate extract to capture and degrade pharmaceutical molecules found in ...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been gaining attention as promising carbon-neutral porous materials, thanks to their high performance in gas storage, ...

Sustainable energy solutions cannot be pulled out of thin air. However, combining air with metal and other frameworks may pave ...

The most well-known forms of carbon include graphite and diamond, but there are other more exotic nanoscale allotropes of carbon ...

The most well-known forms of carbon include graphite and diamond, but there are other more exotic nanoscale allotropes of carbon ...

Researchers from Northwestern University have made a significant advance in the way they produce exotic open-framework superlattices made of hollow ...

A tiny bubble popping within a liquid seems more fanciful than traumatic. But millions of popping vapor bubbles can cause ...

Emissions of greenhouse gases contribute significantly to global warming. Not only carbon dioxide (CO2) but also fluorine-containing gases – including ...

For a polymer composed of very simple repeating units, polyethylenimine (PEI) has an astounding number of practical applications, including detergents, ...

Osaka, Japan – Need another reason to think twice before ordering that extra helping of fries? It could lead to ...

Stem cells can develop into many different types of cells in the body. For instance, when a person is injured, ...

When it comes to porous metamaterials —ubiquitous, sponge-like materials used in everything from sound absorption to self-cleaning glass — it’s ...

The discovery of new structures holds tremendous promise for accessing advanced functional materials in energy and environmental applications. Although cage-based ...

Besides climate change, which is mostly the result of our carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, plastic pollution stands as one of ...