metal-organic framework

chemical compound
Also known as: MOF

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work of Yaghi and collaborators

  • Omar M. Yaghi
    In Omar M. Yaghi

    …his collaborators developed the first metal-organic framework (MOF), in which metal atoms (in this case, cobalt) serve as the nodes of the framework and are connected by organic molecules. The empty spaces between the pieces of the framework can be used to contain other molecules. Tens of thousands of different…

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