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Self-assembled materials

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High density energy storage using self-assembled materials
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8 February, 2012
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Northwestern University scientists have developed self-assembled materials

Christopher Wilmer’s video ‘High density energy storage using self-assembled materials’ has won a prize in the 2011 NSF International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.

Many alternative fuels that may help slow down global warming suffer from technical barriers. Hydrogen and methane gas (also called 'natural gas') are both more environmentally friendly than gasoline, but contain very little energy per unit of volume. This video shows how self-assembled porous materials can lead to fuel tanks that are able to highly concentrate gaseous fuels and thus hold a lot of energy in a small space. Cutting edge algorithms and materials are depicted, drawing from research and development in the previous two years at Northwestern University in the Snurr and Hupp laboratories.

More information about this research:

Snurr Research Group
Hupp Research Group
Chris Wilmer Research Page

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High density energy storage
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