SCIENTISTS STRIDE AHEAD ON NANO-STORAGE FOR GAS TECHNOLOGY
July 1st, 2013
FOR some time, scientists have been aware that the concept of something being 'bigger' on the inside than outside' is not entirely locked away in the realms of science fiction. This is particularly the case with researchers working on the storage and utilisation of natural gas who have focused on metal organic frameworks (MOFs), which can store much more gas than an empty cylinder of the same size.As Dr Ozgur Yazaydin of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Britain’s University of Surrey, explains: "Energy molecules such as methane or hydrogen like to ...
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