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Best-Practice Reporting for Porous Materials Adsorption Data

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Daniel Siderius, Louis Vanduyfhuys, Jack Evans, Paul Iacomi, Veronique Van Speybroeck, Volodymyr Bon, Stefan Kaskel

Abstract

Recent decades have seen an enormous evolution of novel porous materials for catalysis, energy efficient processes, and sustainable technologies to improve life quality. Adsorption characterization is essential to provide descriptors of texture and functionality. Modern science relies on digital data reporting making such data findable, accessible, interoperable and reproducible (FAIR). This perspective addresses current methodology and the tools for reporting essential adsorption metadata and primary data in a digital format. Guidelines for the publication of experimental and computer simulated data are provided. A number of shortcomings in traditional reporting schemes and ambiguous units is discussed. The importance of quantity definitions is emphasized to avoid misinterpretation and enhance reproducibility. Documenting high quality adsorption data based on a STAR file (Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval) is illustrated via examples to establish a best-practice in the field. This Adsorption Information File (AIF) captures primary data and metadata in a standardized human readable and editable format.
Citation
Angewandte Chemie
Volume
64
Issue
44
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202513606
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Keywords

adsorption, documentary standards, porous materials, reporting standards
Materials characterization, Documentary standards, Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties and Chemical engineering and processing

Citation

Siderius, D. , Vanduyfhuys, L. , Evans, J. , Iacomi, P. , Van Speybroeck, V. , Bon, V. and Kaskel, S. (2025), Best-Practice Reporting for Porous Materials Adsorption Data, Angewandte Chemie, [online], https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202513606, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=960338 (Accessed December 4, 2025)

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Created October 1, 2025, Updated December 3, 2025
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