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Storage space is a perennial problem not only in macroscopic world but at the molecular level as well. Efficient storage of certain gases such as hydrogen, methane etc has futuristic technological applications. Therefore, race is on for the discovery of new materials with largest storage capacity per gram of the material. Metal organic framework (MOF) materials are a class of light weight hybrid materials with surface areas per gram that could cover an entire foot ball field. This article gives a glimpse of the recent advances in MOFs.
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S Sankararaman is Professor of chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai. His research interests focus on acetylene chemistry with particular interest in understanding weak interactions.
R Saravanakumar is at IIT, Chennai for doctoral studies. He is currently working in the area of synthesis and structural investigations of MOFs with acetylenic building blocks.
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Saravanakumar, R., Sankararaman, S. Molecule matters. Reson 12, 77–86 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-007-0116-0
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