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Microporous materials

Frameworks under pressure

Nature Materials volume 2, pages 17–18 (2003)Cite this article

A microporous substance that expands under external hydrostatic pressure is unexpected. Even more surprising is one that can retain its expanded volume after release of the pressure. A zeolite has been found to do just that.

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Figure 1: Surprising behaviour of a zeolite under pressure.
Figure 2: Interplay between compression and tension can stabilize structures at all length scales.

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