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Assembly of Porous Monolithic Materials Using a Pickering Emulsion Strategy Stabilized by Metal–Organic Framework (MOF) Particles
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This study successfully uses MIL-96(Al) Metal-Organic Frameworks particles to stabilize Pickering emulsions, which serve as templates to form mechanically robust, hierarchically porous monolithic materials. This method allows scalable MOF shaping while preserving crystal integrity. Tuning formulation is key to controlling pore size, interconnectivity, permeability, and robustness.
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Preparation of Highly Porous Coordination Polymer Coatings on Macroporous Polymer Monoliths for Enhanced Enrichment of Phosphopeptides
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A procedure for the preparation of porous hybrid separation media composed of a macroporous polymer monolith internally coated by a high surface area microporous coordination polymer is presented.
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Preparing Silica Aerogel Monoliths via a Rapid Supercritical Extraction Method
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2014
This article describes a rapid supercritical extraction method for fabricating silica aerogels. By utilizing a confined mold and hydraulic hot press, monolithic aerogels can be made in eight hours or less.
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Nanothermite with Meringue-like Morphology: From Loose Powder to Ultra-porous Objects
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This manuscript describes the synthesis of combustible aluminophosphate matrices by the reaction of orthophosphoric acid (H3PO4) with aluminum nanopowder. When this reaction is carried out with excess aluminum in the presence of tungsten trioxide nanopowder, it leads to a solid, porous nanothermite foam.
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Creating Objects and Object Categories for Studying Perception and Perceptual Learning
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We describe a novel methodology for creating naturalistic 3-D objects and object categories with precisely defined feature variations. We use simulations of the biological processes of morphogenesis and phylogenesis to create novel, naturalistic virtual 3-D objects and object categories that can then be rendered as visual images or haptic objects.
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Pore architecture determines how easily fluids, molecules, or ions move through the solid. Pore size influences available pathways, while shape and connectivity affect whether those pathways remain accessible throughout the structure. These variables also control contact with internal surfaces, so changing the architecture can alter adsorption, filtration, separation, and catalytic performance without changing the material’s overall monolithic form.
Chemical composition determines the nature of the internal surfaces that interact with molecules, fluids, or ions. Those surfaces can provide sites relevant to adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis, while the connected pore network makes them accessible. Consequently, performance depends on both surface chemistry and pore architecture rather than on surface area alone, an important consideration when designing functional chemical materials.
Porous monolithic objects combine two potentially competing material characteristics: a continuous structure that provides mechanical integrity and an extensive internal surface that supports interactions with transported species. Their usefulness comes from retaining structural coherence while exposing accessible surfaces through interconnected pores. The balance between these characteristics influences whether a material can function effectively in handling, transport, adsorption, catalysis, or filtration.
Synthesis conditions help determine the resulting pore architecture and chemical composition. Because pore size, shape, connectivity, and surface chemistry govern transport and molecular interactions, changes during preparation can produce different functional behavior. A chemistry-focused design process therefore links synthesis conditions to structural characterization and then to transport properties, allowing researchers to target materials for specific analytical, environmental, or industrial roles.
Their interconnected internal pathways and accessible surfaces support several chemical functions, including adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis, filtration, separation, and sensing. The same structural platform can therefore be adapted to different tasks by controlling its pore architecture and composition. These applications rely on the ability of fluids, molecules, or ions to reach and interact with surfaces throughout the monolithic framework.
They are relevant when a process requires accessible internal surfaces together with a lightweight, mechanically coherent structure. In analytical work, the materials can support sensing and separation; environmental applications can use adsorption or filtration; and industrial research can exploit catalysis and transport through the pore network. Their value lies in connecting controllable material architecture with practical chemical function.