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Article: Scientists develop new materials to selectively capture carbon dioxide
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- The Hindustan Times
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- February 15, 2008
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Washington, Feb. 15 -- Scientists at the UCLA (University of Los Angeles, California) have developed new materials that can successfully isolate and capture carbon dioxide, which contributes to global warming, rising sea levels and the increased acidity of oceans.
The carbon dioxide is captured using a new class of materials called zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, or ZIFs, designed by Omar M. Yaghi and his group from UCL.
ZIFs are porous and chemically robust structures, with large surface areas, that can be heated to high temperatures without decomposition and boiled in water or organic solvents for a week and still ...