Molecular sieve (IMAGE)

Ruhr-University Bochum

Molecular sieve

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Two-dimensional silica has pores that are permeable to certain molecules (right), but not to others (left). It therefore acts like a sieve for molecules.

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RUB, AG Chemie Anorganischer Materialien

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The image may only be used for reporting about Ruhr-Universität Bochum in the context of the press release "A sieve for molecules", published in March 2022.

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