Fundamentally new mode of adsorption utilizes artificial molecular machines; to benefit catalysts, energy storage and environmental remediation

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-chemists-fundamentally-mode-adsorption.html

"a breakthrough in surface science... The new adsorption mechanism, called mechanisorption, results from non-equilibrium pumping to form mechanical bonds between the adsorbent (the surface) and the adsorbate (the molecules)... If chemists can work out how mechanisorption can be incorporated in active structures, the storage of gases like hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane will enter a whole new world and become a different ball game altogether"