(426d) Iupac Adsorption Information Format: A Universal Standard Archive File for Adsorption Data

Porous materials have proven success in energy and environmental applications. However, the current approach of reporting adsorption isotherms in graphs and figures is not adequate to reproduce, reuse or share this important data.¹ It is imperative to increase open science in the field of porous materials. We have proposed the specification of a new standard adsorption information file (AIF) inspired by the ubiquitous crystallographic information file (CIF).² The AIF is a flexible and easily extended free-format archive file that is readily human and machine-readable. This format represents the first steps toward an open adsorption data format, which facilitates the electronic transmission of adsorption data between laboratories, journals, and larger databases, and the community is encouraged by IUPAC to take up this format (https://iupac.org/project/2021-016-1-024/). The standardized reporting of adsorption isotherms will enable the application of advanced AI methods (machine learning etc.) to develop innovative processes for separation and environmental technologies and accelerate the finding of high-performance porous materials for such operations.

References
[1] Wilkinson, M. et al. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Sci. Data 3 (2016) 160018.
[2] Evans, J. D. et al. A Universal Standard Archive File for Adsorption Data. Langmuir 37 (2021) 4222-4226.