Sentences with phrase «large organic polymers»

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The researchers focused on a hybrid membrane that is part polymer and part metal - organic framework, which is a porous three - dimensional crystal with a large internal surface area that can absorb enormous quantities of molecules.

Polymers (POL): The study and development of polymers; materials that have a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together, e.g., many synthetic organic materials used as plastics andPolymers (POL): The study and development of polymers; materials that have a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together, e.g., many synthetic organic materials used as plastics andpolymers; materials that have a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together, e.g., many synthetic organic materials used as plastics and resins.

Kitagawa described how porous coordination polymers (PCPs) / metal - organic frameworks (MOFs) have been found to be able to store large volumes of gases, which has in turn sparked studies around the world on the mass storage of carbon dioxide and methane.