Free for Chemweb members:Strategies for CO2 capture in microporous organic polymers is reviewed by a team of distinguished research chemists

Robert Dawson, Prof. Andrew I Cooper and Dave J Adams review the design and use of microporous polymers for pre- and post-combustion capture of CO2.

-Microporous organic polymers are promising candidates for CO2 capture materials due to their good physicochemical stabilities and high surface areas.
-They predict that ultrahigh-surface-area microporous organic polymers are good candidates for use in pre-combustion capture, while networks with lower surface areas but higher heats of sorption for CO2 might be more relevant for lower pressure, post-combustion capture.
- In their paper "Chemical functionalization strategies for carbon dioxide capture in microporous organic polymers"made available for free via ChemWeb the authors discuss strategies for enhancing CO2 uptakes including increasing surface area, chemical functionalization to provide high-enthalpy binding sites and the potential for pore size tuning.

REFERENCES:
1. Chemical functionalization strategies for carbon dioxide capture in microporous organic polymers (pdf)

2. Learn more about Polymer Functionalization
 Introduction to Polymer Functionalization: Motivations, Yield, Crystallinity, Solubility Issues, Common
Functionalization Approaches  (pdf) by Prof. Paula Hammond .

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Free Journal_Computational Molecular Science-1st Issue Jan2011_ from Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, shortened to WIREs, offers free and easy access to it's 1st issue of Computational Molecular Science. More, if you get your library to opt-in, then a further 6 issues, corresponding to a full free 1st years publication subscription are on offer.. After a rapid review, I added most of the papers to my private collection. I liked the summaries on chemical bonding and the possibility of providing insight into computational materials sciences issues.

Well worth a visit.
en référence à : Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science - Wiley Online Library (afficher sur Google Sidewiki)

Material Matters and Materials Matter™?_Part I_ Acknowledgements and Dedication

This is really a double appreciation and a dedication to a lost friend.

The first acknowledgment is to the Materials Chemists whom I feel I have been neglecting of late, although some overlap occurs with my Materials Science and Engineering "defined" site.

In this case I am referring, the reader to the commercial materials chemistry company Sigma-Aldrich and their Learning Centre freely available reviews Material Matters ™ (12 quarterly reviews from 2006 to date,subjects covered: Alternative Energy Materials,Biomaterials, Metal & Ceramic Science, Micro & Nanoelectronics, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology,Organic Electronics, Polymer Science) and Tutorials.

Dedication to a friend and mentor.
Jack Harris, the regular Materials World columnist, presents his views on topical issues under the heading Materials Matter. The journal has recently announce quote: "the sad news that Jack Harris, Fellow of the Institute (FIMM) died in February 2009. There will therefore be no Materials Matters columns for the time being. A full obituary for Jack will appear in due course in Materials World. "

A big chunk of Mat-Chem is about energy related topics such as Batteries & Fuel Cells

The article entitled "In search of the perfect battery" freely available online in The Economists 12 March 08 gives a good historical background and consumers view of the state of the art. I feel it is a good complement to the more fundamental issues in defining Materials Chemistry. This is equally relevant to the interdisciplinary roles played by Metallurgists-Corrosion Specialist, Materials Scientists & Engineers.

Looking forward to comments and suggestions, listing your own blogs on the progress of the materials sciences and their underlying chemical and physical foundations. They fully merit the excellent translation, of big media & more, especially for their economic and social role in these days of the the trials and tribulations of civilisations.

Good reading.