This country was one person's vote away this morning from putting any birthright citizen in danger of being deported tomorrow. We are so much closer to the abyss than we think. Man oh man.
Nicholas Wilkins
@wilkinsnicholas.bsky.social
PhD, MSc, University of Alberta. Gas adsorption thermodynamics, diffusion, process optimization. IAS Director. R&D Adsorption Process team at Svante.
New preprint on arXiv: "Building a physics-aware AI ecosystem for solid-state hydrogen storage materials"
Building a physics-aware AI ecosystem for solid-state hydrogen storage materials
Hydrogen storage remains a central bottleneck for scalable hydrogen energy systems due to the multiscale and coupled nature of the thermodynamics, kinetics, and microstructural evolution of hydrogen s...
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Four years ago today, I posted my first beetle moses comic
Mathematician Gerd Faltings showed that arithmetic equations have a finite number of solutions, winning one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics go.nature.com/4duZO8c
Mathematician who reshaped number theory wins prestigious Abel prize
Mathematician Gerd Faltings showed that arithmetic equations have a finite number of solutions.
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This is now in print in Chemical Engineering Journal! We demonstrated the benefits of using a laminate-bed adsorbent contactor (over the traditional packed-bed) in pressure-vacuum swing adsorption processes using CALF-20. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Pilot-scale demonstration of a laminate-based CALF-20 rapid cycle pressure-vacuum swing adsorption process for carbon capture
A pilot-scale rapid-cycle pressure-vacuum swing adsorption (PVSA) process study was conducted using the metal-organic framework (MOF) CALF-20 in struc…
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given the existence of skeleton and luge, i postulate the existence of two other, yet to be discovered, winter olympic sports
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IAS Webinar 7.1, Benjamin Claessens: 4th February, 1400 UTC
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Nicholas Wilkins@wilkinsnicholas.bsky.social · 7mo agoJoin us for the next #IASWebinar by Benjamin Claessens on the measurement of heat of adsorption via microcalorimetry. Time: Feb. 4, 1400 UTC YouTube: bit.ly/iasyoutube
Join us for the next #IASWebinar by Benjamin Claessens on the measurement of heat of adsorption via microcalorimetry. Time: Feb. 4, 1400 UTC YouTube: bit.ly/iasyoutube
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position, Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
The GoFundMe for Renee Good’s wife and son has blown past $130,000, and from what I can tell, the vast majority of those donations are under $500. An amazing swell of grassroots support for this family gofund.me/8b7c8cf8a
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Meet Mayor Ford Part 1 of my new documentary series is out now. You can watch it early access on Nebula! nebula.tv/videos/bobby...
Pilot-Scale Demonstration of a Laminate-Based CALF-20 Rapid Cycle Pressure-Vacuum Swing Adsorption Process for Carbon Capture https://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-zz73j?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss
In this (not yet peer-reviewed) preprint, we demonstrate the benefits of using a laminate-bed adsorbent contactor (over the traditional packed-bed) in pressure-vacuum swing adsorption processes. doi.org/10.26434/che...
Pilot-Scale Demonstration of a Laminate-Based CALF-20 Rapid Cycle Pressure-Vacuum Swing Adsorption Process for Carbon Capture
A pilot-scale rapid-cycle pressure-vacuum swing adsorption (PVSA) process study was conducted using the metal-organic framework (MOF) CALF-20 in structured laminate and packed beds for dry carbon capt...
doi.org
Our new coadsorption model is in print! Do you have a type-1 CO2 isotherm and a type-2 or -3 H2O isotherm for your DAC system? Try the Dual-site BET (DSBET) coadsorption model detailed below! It is able to predict both nonideal competitive and cooperative coadsorption. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
An Explicit Dual-Site BET Isotherm Model for the Prediction of Nonideal Competitive and Cooperative Adsorption Equilibrium
A dual-site extension is proposed to the previously derived ideal adsorbed solution theory analytical solution for two coadsorbing single-site BET isotherms. The proposed dual-site BET (DSBET) isother...
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IAS Webinar 6.11, Mauro Luberti: 12th November, 1400 UTC
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Nicholas Wilkins@wilkinsnicholas.bsky.social · 10mo agoJoin us for the next #IASWebinar by Mauro Luberti on adsorptive processes to recover oxygen in ozone generators. Time: Nov. 12, 1400 UTC YouTube: bit.ly/iasyoutube
Join us for the next #IASWebinar by Mauro Luberti on adsorptive processes to recover oxygen in ozone generators. Time: Nov. 12, 1400 UTC YouTube: bit.ly/iasyoutube
MOFs are probably the greatest example of great engineering being acknowledged by the Nobel committee www.chemistryworld.com/news/2025-ch...
2025 chemistry Nobel prize goes to the scientists behind metal–organic frameworks
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi take top prize for discovery and development of versatile materials with a huge surface area
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the 2025 #Nobel prize in Chemistry for MOFs! Delighted to have dug into the potential of these amazing materials earlier this year www.nature.com/articles/d41...
World’s most porous sponges: intricate carbon-trapping powders hit the market
Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air.
nature.com
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IAS Webinar 6.10, Maria Papathanasiou: 1st October, 1400 UTC
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Nicholas Wilkins@wilkinsnicholas.bsky.social · 11mo agoJoin us for the next #IASWebinar by Maria Papathanasiou on chromatography modelling approaches. Time: Oct. 1, 1400 UTC YouTube: bit.ly/iasyoutube
Join us for the next #IASWebinar by Maria Papathanasiou on chromatography modelling approaches. Time: Oct. 1, 1400 UTC YouTube: bit.ly/iasyoutube
Thanks to the audience for the great questions after my talk today!
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IAS Webinar 6.9, Randall Snurr (Northwestern University)
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Nicholas Wilkins@wilkinsnicholas.bsky.social · 12mo agoJoin us for the next #IASWebinar by Randall Snurr on diffusion measurements in nanoporous materials using molecular simulations as part of our special series on the recent IUPAC report on diffusion. Time: Sept. 3, 1400 UTC YouTube: bit.ly/iasyoutube
Join us for the next #IASWebinar by Randall Snurr on diffusion measurements in nanoporous materials using molecular simulations as part of our special series on the recent IUPAC report on diffusion. Time: Sept. 3, 1400 UTC YouTube: bit.ly/iasyoutube
For the final instalment this week, we have the presentation from Mohamad Moosavi, the co-winner of the 2025 Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Society. His talk was about machine learning discovery of sorbent materials. youtu.be/M0gA7d_y98o
Machine Learning Discovery of Sorbent Materials by Mohamad Moosavi
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This week, we have the presentation from Lukas Bingel, who received the 2024 Award for Excellence in PhD Dissertation. His work was on mixture adsorption data and the IAST, but his presentation is on adsorption in flexible MOFs. youtu.be/XCtVQcsrkxk
Adsorption in Flexible MOFs by Lukas Bingel
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Last week, we had the presentation delivered by @wilkinsnicholas.bsky.social, who received the 2023 Award for Excellence in PhD Dissertation. His work was on dynamic column breakthrough methods. youtu.be/70QGkIXZW9k
Dynamic Column Breakthrough Methods by Nicholas Stiles Wilkins
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This material was the next big thing three decades ago - has it finally found its purpose? go.nature.com/4lhjuxo
World’s most porous sponges: intricate carbon-trapping powders hit the market
Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air.
go.nature.com
I received the 2023 International Adsorption Society Award for Excellence in the PhD Dissertation, and as part of the award I was invited to talk at the recent Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA15) conference. The recording of the talk is now viewable on YouTube: youtu.be/70QGkIXZW9k?...
Dynamic Column Breakthrough Methods by Nicholas Stiles Wilkins
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked a magic 8 ball and it said the future is murky