Prospects for Nanoporous Metal-Organic Materials in Advanced Separations Processes

摘要

New materials spur new technologies.Nanoporous metal-organic materials-"soft materials"analogues of zeolites,but with all of the chemical diversity of carbon compounds-may be compelling examples of this path from materials to technologies.Research teams investigating this new class of materials are trying to develop adsorbents and membranes that will revolutionize small-molecule separations,as well as new kinds of catalysts that behave as powerful arrays of artificial enzymes.In addition,metal-organic materials hold promise to act as ultra-low-density sponges that can store and release extraordinary amounts of molecular hydrogen for next-generation vehicles.