Platform technology for the removal of critically underserved air pollutants in homes

二氧化氮（NO2）是英国面临的最令人担忧和最具挑战性的污染物之一。将其从空气中清除，特别是在家庭等家庭环境中，是英国《清洁空气战略》的首要任务之一。Immaterial是剑桥大学的一家衍生公司，该公司开发了一种新型多孔材料，可以在污染日捕获比现有过滤介质更多的二氧化氮，并在清洁日保持捕获。该项目将把这些突破性的材料整合到原型中，在设计和使用上与目前市面上可用的空气净化装置相当，但具有额外的功能。在这个项目中，Immaterial正与领先的学者和设备制造商密切合作。约克大学将在烹饪和清洁等典型的家庭活动中测试原型，以独立验证其有效性，并为Immaterial的迭代原型开发提供信息。与此同时，Immaterial将与设备制造商合作，迅速将我们的技术应用到商业产品中。Immaterial是一家早期公司，擅长于多孔材料。该公司成立于2015年，此前剑桥大学突破性地发现了一种被称为单片金属有机框架（mof）的材料的致密形式。非物质行业发展迅速，提供高科技工作岗位，利用设计、自动化、数据分析、材料和工艺技术等技能。在项目的这一阶段之前，Immaterial使用专有的模拟技术来确定在国内环境中对NO2最有效的MOF结构，然后以可调的致密形式生产和测试这些结构。这是一种可以复制的方法，用于开发针对其他关键气体污染物的增强清洁材料。这些污染物可能是今天公认的污染物，如臭氧，或者是通过约克大学开展的“无瑕”和“出生在布拉德福德”项目等研究，我们对室内空气污染的原因和影响有了更好的了解，从而发现的污染物。

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is one of the most concerning and challenging pollutants the UK faces. Removing it from our air, particularly in domestic settings such as the home, is one of the UK's top priorities in its Clean Air Strategy. Immaterial is a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge that has developed a novel porous material that captures more NO2 on polluted days than possible with incumbent filtration media, and keeps it captured on clean days.This project will integrate these ground-breaking materials into prototypes equivalent in design and use to the air cleaning devices available commercially today, but with additional functionality. Immaterial is working closely with leading academics and device manufacturers in this project. The University of York will be testing the prototypes during typical domestic activities such as cooking and cleaning to independently verify the effectiveness and inform iterative prototype development at Immaterial. In parallel, Immaterial will be working with device manufacturers to rapidly deploy our technology into commercial products.Immaterial is an early-stage company, expert in porous materials. The company was founded in 2015 following the breakthrough discovery of a densified form of a class of materials known as monolithic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) at the University of Cambridge. Immaterial is growing quickly and providing high-tech jobs, leveraging skills such as design, automation, data analytics, and materials and process technologies.Prior to this phase of the project, Immaterial used proprietary simulations to identify the most effective MOF structures for NO2 in the domestic environment and then produced and tested these structures in tuneable, densified forms. This is an approach that can be reproduced to develop enhanced cleaning materials for other critical gaseous pollutants. These may be pollutants well recognised today, such as ozone, or those that are identified as we come to better understand the causes and effects of indoor air pollution through studies such as the "Impeccable" and "Born in Bradford" projects undertaken by the University of York.