Chemistry Nobel for scientists who developed massively porous ‘super sponge’ materials

2025/10/08 by Davide Castelvecchi, Miryam Naddaf · 1 voice · 2 citations
Materials Science · Chemistry · #Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis #Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry #Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

paper · doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03195-1

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