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July, 2018 Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), or networked structures of inorganic nodes connected by organic ligands, are flexible materials that can be broadly separated into two classes according to their porosity....
22 June 2026
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July, 2018 The phase diagram water ice is extremely complex, and has implications ranging from cloud formation to ice skating. Experimentally, 18 crystalline ice phases can be formed under various...
22 June 2026
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July, 2018 The chemical industry produces not just valuable vitamins, pharmaceuticals, flavours and pesticides, but often a large amount of waste, too. This is particularly true of pharmaceutical and fine-chemical...
22 June 2026
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June, 2018 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of crystalline nano-porous materials consisting of metal-containing clusters and organic linkers, are known to retain their polyhedral shape after carbonization accompanied by loss...
22 June 2026
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June, 2018 Thermoelectric materials, capable of interconverting heat and electricity, are attractive for applications in thermal energy harvesting as a means to power wireless sensors, wearable devices and portable electronics....
22 June 2026
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May, 2018 The concept of recycling is well known in the context of refuse, but the analogous concept of recycling energy has been hitherto ignored in the context of electrocaloric...
22 June 2026
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May, 2018 First principles structure searches, where initially random atomic configurations are repeatedly relaxed to low energy arrangements according to quantum mechanical forces, have lead to the discovery of many...
22 June 2026
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April, 2018 Hybrid organic perovskites are a fascinating class of materials with excellent electronic properties that can be made cheaply in large quantities and tuned for specific applications, and are...
22 June 2026
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March, 2018 Computing the energy of infinite arrays of point charges, interacting with each other through Coulomb’s potential, is a central task in materials modelling. Typically, modern implementations of Ewald’s...
22 June 2026
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March, 2018 Metallic glasses (non-crystalline alloys) are of interest for their exceptional (sometimes record-breaking) property combinations, for example, high yield stress combined with high toughness. Yet as the glasses relax...
22 June 2026