Chemist Delivers Cleaner Air With Novel Carbon-Capture Technique
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 15:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Ask Texas A&M University chemist Hong-Cai "Joe" Zhou to describe his research in simple terms, and more often than not, he'll draw on a favorite analogy from childhood: playing with LEGOs. But if you're tempted to view his work as child's play, you might want to think again. The building blocks he and his group specialize in actually are a recently developed, increasingly versatile class of materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOF).