Inorganic porous materials like zeolites are already being used in detergents, where they play a role by exchanging their own sodium ions for the calcium ions in water to turn it into soft water. The ...

A research team at POSTECH has successfully synthesized a new hybrid material that effectively captures carbon dioxide and other toxic gases through its porous organic-inorganic structure. The ...

Wendler, E. and Charola, A. Elena. 2008. "Water and its Interaction with Porous Inorganic Building Materials." In Hydrophobe V. 5th International Conference on Water Repellent Treatment of Building ...

Materials consisting of inorganic and organic components can combine the best of two worlds: under certain circumstances, the so-called MOFs - short for metal-organic frameworks - are structured in ...

Today, most rechargeable batteries are lithium-ion batteries, which are made from relatively scarce elements--this calls for the development of batteries using alternative materials. In a new study, ...

Mesoporous materials are a class of nanomaterials characterized by their highly ordered porous structure with pore sizes ranging from 2 to 50 nanometers. These materials possess large surface areas, ...