Metal-organic framework “sardine can” (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Metal-organic framework “sardine can”

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Figure: The metal-organic framework forms a scaffold, with nanometer-sized pores which hold molecules (left). As long n-hexane gas molecules are added to the pores under pressure, the molecules align in a “sardine can” effect (right).

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Masahide Takahashi, OMU

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