化学工程研究的再现性问题

大卫 ·沃, 丽贝 卡·, 克里 斯塔
美国化学与生物分子工程学院

摘要

近年来，多个科学领域都对已发表结果的可再现性提出了担忧。在生物医学和心理学领域已经进行了系统
性的研究来探讨这个问题，但在支撑现代化学工程的材料导向研究中，人们对这个重要问题知之甚少。在这里，我
们讲述了我们自己机构的一个戏剧性历史事件，以说明进行可再现研究的含义，并描述了两个基于文献分析的案例
研究，以提供有关现代材料研究的可再现性的具体信息。这两个案例研究涉及金属有机框架（MOF）的特性，这是
一类已产生数万篇论文的材料。我们并不声称对MOF的研究比其他子领域的可再现性更低（或更高）；相反，我们
认为这个子领域的特征在面向材料的研究的许多领域中是共同的。

关键词

再现性；材料化学；吸附；晶体结构；金属有机骨架

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