Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National laboratory are putting the pressure on metal-organic frameworks (MOF).
In MOF materials, metal ions can be connected by organic molecules to form scaffolding-like structures similar to a molecular Tinker toy. The struts that make up the framework structure do not fill space efficiently, in the way that Lego blocks might, leaving extra spaces in the structure which are capable of containing guest molecules.
Behaving as molecular-scale sponges these MOFs have wide ranging potential uses for filtering, capturing or detecting molecules such as carbon dioxide or hydrogen storage for fuel cells.
I don`t know. Filtering or capturing? Hope they are real careful. I just read where the filters their using may be alittle too good. Go figure.
How do you mean too good?
They said in the article that it was taking too many heavy particals out and actually contributing to glbal warming. Don`t quote me but, I`m pretty sure that is what it said. These heavy particals it took out would normally block the suns rays. I would have never thought of that.
Not the Metal ions the air cleaners the have for the environment.
Carbon Is Building Up in Atmosphere Faster Than Predicted
News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:08 AM EDT
This article was put in by nearing.
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