Daniel Pereira

MagLab Scientist Earns Prestigious Research Prize - MagLab MagLab researcher Zhehong Gan has been named 2025 recipient of the Gunther Laukien prize for groundbreaking research in nuclear magnetic resonance.

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MRSimulator is an open-source Python package for fast computation/analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra in fluid and solid phases
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GPT-based article reviews that lack intellectual depth, unethical self-citation practices by reviewers, data fabrication … sad days for science 🫠🫠🫠

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Enhancing CO2 Capture Via Fast Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of the CALF-20 Metal–Organic Framework Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising porous materials for CO2 adsorption due to their high surface area, tunable properties, and selective adsorption capabilities. The recently reported Calgary Framework 20 (CALF-20) MOF has very appealing CO2 capture properties: high uptake capacity; low regeneration energy; durability (>450 000 cycles) under steam and wet acid gases; simple and scalable synthesis. This study investigates the microwave (MW)-assisted synthesis of CALF-20, which reduces reaction time 12-fold while enhancing the synthesis yield to 97%. Structural analysis confirmed that MW-synthesized CALF-20 retains its crystallographic structure and shows improved CO2 capture performance, exhibiting higher adsorption capacity (∼20% higher), selectivity, and lower regeneration energy. This method provides a rapid and efficient alternative for producing the CALF-20 adsorbent for CO2 capture and separation applications.

Happy to share this new publication!

In this work I was able to improve the synthesis of CALF-20, making the production faster and with higher yield. 👨‍🔬🧪⚗️

The improved CO2 capture performance was a bonus I was not expecting 😁

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