Posted by Ben Proudlove on Tue, Dec 22, 2009 @ 05:53 AM
As normal Merrow Scientific will be actively supporting the British Zeolite Association conference in 2010 (BZA2010). Details of the event can be seen on the BZA2010 homepage
This year's event will take place from 24th to 26th March at Southampton University.
The conference promises to, as normal, focus on zeolites but will also look at other areas including MOFs (metal organic frameworks) and "the application of porous solids for energy-related purposes."
If this is an area relevant to your research then we look forward to seeing you there. We'll have a stand and instruments on display as many of our systems are related to these areas of research, for further details have a look around our site or perhaps specifically on our pages for porous materials analysis; MOF research; gravimetric sorption analysis and laboratory stirred reactors.
And finally Seasons Greetings from Merrow Scientific to you all. We look forward to working with you in the New Year.
Posted by Ben Proudlove on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 @ 06:59 AM
Really interesting interview with Professor Omar Yaghi on the Yaghi Laboratory Website.
Professor Yaghi is one of the leaders in the field of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and here he discusses their use for CO2 capture. The specific MOF he mentions 1g of the material has a surface area the size of 60-70 tennis courts! And this porous framework can be "designed" to selectively allow sorption of CO2 rather than other gases.
You may also be interested in having a look at our MOF research instrumentation page.