/sci/ - Science & Math

Hey guys I need to write a research proposal in the field of nanomaterials or supramolecular chemistry. It's just for an exam I'm not actually going to end up doing it. So currently I'm looking for a problem to solve and I came up with the separation of metals from eachother. Apparently getting to really high purities is pretty difficult since the separation of some metals from eachother is pretty impossible. I was thinking that maybe with some specific nanostructure or supramolecular assembly you could get a high affinity for a specific metal ion but I need to look more into it. Does anybody else maybe have any ideas?

>>8366925
There clearly is something weird going on with the p-block. I'm not a quantum chemist but I think the trends are not supposed to look like that