What is it about?
This works describes a newly designed a porous polymer aiming for the capture of small molecules. Ammonia is a toxic gas widely used as a reagent in industrial processes or resulting from agricultural activities, causing irritation in the throat, eye damage and even death to humans. Being able to capture it with this new method could have huge health benefits.
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Why is it important?
There are numerous applications for a polymer that captures ammonia. It would be useful in labs, as coating for masks to wear for personal safety, as ammonia is toxic and also very corrosive. It could be used as filters, reducing the spread of ammonia released through the exhausts from many types of industry. Thinking ahead, it is possible that the polymer technique could be applied to other types of polluents as well.
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The next step is to apply machine learning to such amorphous systems. Applying deep learning algorithms can help in accurately classifying amorphous materials and in characterising their structural features. Then by combining Machine Learning with theoretical calculations it will be possible to analyze the neutron scattering data in a much more elegant way.
Professor Heloisa Bordallo
University of Copenhagen
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This page is a summary of: Ammonia Storage in Hydrogen Bond-Rich Microporous Polymers, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, December 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS),
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c18855.
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