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Gas Adsorption in Novel Environments, Including Effects of Pore Relaxation

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Adsorption experiments have been interpreted frequently with simplified model geometries, such as ideally flat surfaces and slit or cylindrical pores. Recent explorations of unusual environments, such as fullerenes and metal-organic-framework materials, have led to a broadened scope of experimental, theoretical and simulation investigations. This paper reviews a number of such studies undertaken by our group. Among the topics receiving emphasis are these: universality of gas uptake in pores, relaxation of a porous absorbent due to gas uptake, and the novel phases of gases on a single nanotube, all of which studies have been motivated by recent experiments.

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We acknowledge support by the Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program (DE-FG36-08GO18139), to Penn State, and NSF and PRF support to Howard University.

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Cole, M.W., Gatica, S.M., Kim, HY. et al. Gas Adsorption in Novel Environments, Including Effects of Pore Relaxation. J Low Temp Phys 166, 231–241 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-011-0442-1

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