what will the next big breakthrough in chemistry be?
MOFs
synthetic catalysts with enzyme-level specificity and reactivity
large scale production of nanomachinery
turning lead into gold
>>7985828
>he fell for the nanomachines meme
>>7985844
MOFs offer a pretty good way to organize molecular machines spatially. While we probably won't get metal gear solid 'nanomachines' we will get useful devices that have nanoscale moving parts.
I started the MOFs nanomachines meme here on /sci/. I am glad it is spreading.
>>7985883
Here's what useful looks like. A MOF that absorbs and desorbs CO2 in response to light
>>7985823
Making gold out of lead.
>>7985828
so do you think a phd in organic/organometallics would be valuable when these start to take off?
>>7985883
dude, I started that meme you retard
>>7986393
Do happen to work on 'mechanical MOFs' by any chance?
>>7985828
What can MOFs do that proteins can't?
The cure for baldness.
>>7986820
Be manufactured easily I imagine.
>>7986820
Not denature.
>>7986820
be synthesized.
>>7987108
technically we could synthesize enzymes, we just need to get the correct folding conditions...
or we find a way to engineer bacteria to manufacture special enzymes for us.
A way to produce helium
>>7986820
They're easier to design.
We could potentially use an epitaxy type process to make 3 dimensional atomically precise structures with them.
>>7987117
Be realstic, not happen.
>>7987204
i think we aren't too far off tbqh
Understanding how OP s still consciously posting despite not showing any brain activity
