2011: An inner space odyssey

Posted in Science at 9:58 am by David Bradley

I am diving into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for a SpectroscopyNOW feature on the subject and my contact Omar Farha, who works in the Hupp group at Northwestern University, sent me this super video clip that describes their research into finding safe and inexpensive gas storage materials based on MOFs. Lasts about 5 minutes.

Incidentally, I had a rather crude title for this blog post, but my wife and business partner MOF-balled it, so to speak.

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2011: An inner space odyssey

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