Researchers at ICReDD collaborated with a group led by scientists at the RIKEN Center for Emerging Matter Science and University of Tokyo on research exploring a soft crystalline material with unique properties. This work was recently published in the journal Nature.
The material is a crystal composed of cobalt ions and catenanes, which are molecules with two macrocycles interlocked with each other. Researchers found this new material to be porous and easily deformable in a reversible fashion. This discovery could lead to materials that can capture and release gas molecules such as carbon dioxide with a squeeze of the fingers.
Please see below for the full paper and full press release from RIKEN.
