A new tool (Infrasorb-12) for screening porosity has been developed by scientists in Germany. The tool identifies high surface area materials in a very short time with high accuracy. The researchers say that Infrasorb-12 development will speed up the discovery of new porous materials significantly and broaden the wide range of materials suitable for gas storage, selective adsorption, catalysis, and life science applications.
Further information:
High-throughput screening: speeding up porous materials discovery
Philipp Wollmann, Matthias Leistner, Ulrich Stoeck, Ronny Grünker, Kristina Gedrich, Nicole Klein, Oliver Throl, Wulf Grählert, Irena Senkovska, Frieder Dreisbach and Stefan Kaskel, Chem. Commun., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10674K
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