Using genetic algorithms to systematically improve the synthesis conditions of Al-PMOF

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N. P. Domingues, S. M. Moosavi, L. Talirz, K. M. Jablonka, C. P. Ireland, F. M. Ebrahim, and B. Smit, Using genetic algorithms to systematically improve the synthesis conditions of Al-PMOF Commun Chem 5 (1), 170 (2022) doi: 0.1038/s42004-022-00785-2 Abstract: The synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is often complex and the desired structure is not always (…)

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J. Young, F. McIlwaine, B. Smit, S. Garcia, and M. van der Spek, Process-informed adsorbent design guidelines for direct air capture Chem Eng J, 141035 (2022) doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.141035 Abstract: Direct air capture using solid adsorbents is a proven technology critical to reducing our net greenhouse gas emissions to zero and beyond. Currently, academic research into the (…)

Mechanically robust mesoporous merged-net MOFs

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H. Jiang, S. M. Moosavi, J. Czaban-Jóźwiak, B. Torre, A. Shkurenko, Z. O. Ameur, J. Jia, N. Alsadun, O. Shekhah, E. Di Fabrizio, B. Smit, and M. Eddaoudi, Reticular chemistry for the rational design of mechanically robust mesoporous merged-net metal-organic frameworks Matter-Us  (2022) doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2022.10.004 Abstract:  Access to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with enhanced mechanical stability (…)

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A subtitle of this work: Machine learning without data! S. M. Moosavi, B. Á. Novotny, D. Ongari, E. Moubarak, M. Asgari, Ö. Kadioglu, C. Charalambous, A. Ortega-Guerrero, A. H. Farmahini, L. Sarkisov, S. Garcia, F. Noé, and B. Smit, A data-science approach to predict the heat capacity of nanoporous materials Nat Mater  (2022) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01374-3   (…)

A data-science approach to predict the heat capacity of nanoporous materials

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S. M. Moosavi, B. Á. Novotny, D. Ongari, E. Moubarak, M. Asgari, Ö. Kadioglu, C. Charalambous, A. Ortega-Guerrero, A. H. Farmahini, L. Sarkisov, S. Garcia, F. Noé, and B. Smit, A data-science approach to predict the heat capacity of nanoporous materials Nat Mater (2022) doi: 10.1038/s41563-022-01374-3 Abstract: The heat capacity of a material is a (…)

SELFIES and the future of molecular string representations

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M. Krenn, Q. Ai, S. Barthel, N. Carson, A. Frei, N. C. Frey, P. Friederich, T. Gaudin, A. A. Gayle, K. M. Jablonka, R. F. Lameiro, D. Lemm, A. Lo, S. M. Moosavi, J. M. Nápoles-Duarte, A. Nigam, R. Pollice, K. Rajan, U. Schatzschneider, P. Schwaller, M. Skreta, B. Smit, F. Strieth-Kalthoff, C. Sun, G. (…)

Reply to “Inconsistencies in the specific nucleobase pairing motif prone to photodimerization in a MOF nanoreactor”

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S. L. Anderson, P. G. Boyd, A. Gładysiak, T. N. Nguyen, R. G. Palgrave, D. Kubicki, L. Emsley, D. Bradshaw, M. J. Rosseinsky, B. Smit, and K. C. Stylianou, Reply to “Inconsistencies in the specific nucleobase pairing motif prone to photodimerization in a MOF nanoreactor” Nat Commun 13 (1), 4486 (2022) doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30193-y REPLYING TO (…)

xtal2png: A Python package for representing crystal structure

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Sterling G. Baird, Kevin M. Jablonka, Michael D. Alverson, Hasan M. Sayeed, Mohammed Faris Khan, Colton Seegmiller, Berend Smit, and T. D. Sparks, xtal2png: A Python package for representing crystal structure as PNG files J. Open Source Softw. 7 (76), 4528 (2022) doi: 10.21105/joss.04528 Abstract: The latest advances in machine learning are often in natural language (…)

Characterization of Chemisorbed Species and Active Adsorption Sites in Mg–Al Mixed Metal Oxides

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A. Lund, G. V. Manohara, A.-Y. Song, K. M. Jablonka, C. P. Ireland, L. A. Cheah, B. Smit, S. Garcia, and J. A. Reimer, Characterization of Chemisorbed Species and Active Adsorption Sites in Mg–Al Mixed Metal Oxides for High-Temperature CO2 Capture Chem. Mater.  (2022) doi:n10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03101 Abstract: Mg–Al mixed metal oxides (MMOs), derived from the decomposition (…)

Effects of Degrees of Freedom on Calculating Diffusion Properties in Nanoporous Materials

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H. Xu, R. Cabriolu, and B. Smit, Effects of Degrees of Freedom on Calculating Diffusion Properties in Nanoporous Materials J. Chem. Theory Comput.  (2022) doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00094 Abstract: If one carries out a molecular simulation of N particles using periodic boundary conditions, linear momentum is conserved, and hence, the number of degrees of freedom is set to 3N – (…)