where did you get the idea to create a sponge which absorbs gas?

Question: where did you get the idea to create a sponge which absorbs gas?
- Keywords:
  gas,
  sponge,
  work
Asked by on 14 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
- anon answered on 14 Jun 2014:
  
  I’d be so proud of myself if it was my idea! People have been working on MOFs for about 15 years now and I found them very interesting when I learnt about them at university and thought that it’d be cool to try to make them better.

Question: where did you get the idea to create a sponge which absorbs gas?