Atoms and the void: modular construction of ordered porous solids.

Wuest, James D · Nat Commun · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

For millennia, humans have exploited the special properties of porous materials. Advances in recent years have yielded a new generation of finely structured porous materials that allow processes to be controlled at the molecular level. These materials are built by a strategy of modular construction, using molecular components designed to position their neighbors in ways that create predictable voids.