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He and his research group have found a way to more precisely determine the properties of these materials, because they can better account for the underlying disorder. Their article has been designated ACS Editors Choice by the editors of the American Chemical Society journals, who recognise the importance to the global scientific community of the Leipzig researchers work and see it as a breakthrough in the accurate description of phase transition phenomena in disordered porous materials.
In mesoporous materials, the pore openings are far smaller than in a normal sponge: their diameters range from 2 to 50 nanometres and are invisible to the naked eye. Nevertheless, they have a number of interesting properties, including with regard to separating substances. This occurs as a function of molecule and pore size, for example.