# PMMoTo: A Porous Media Morphology and Topology Toolkit

**Authors:** Timothy M. Weigand

PMC · DOI: 10.21105/joss.09711 · 2026-03-13

## TL;DR

PMMoTo is a software toolkit that helps researchers analyze the structure of porous materials and understand how these structures affect larger-scale behaviors.

## Contribution

PMMoTo introduces a new toolkit for characterizing porous media morphology and topology to improve predictive modeling.

## Key findings

- PMMoTo enables characterization of porous structures to understand emergent behaviors.
- The toolkit helps researchers develop more predictive models of porous systems.

## Abstract

The Porous Media Morphology and Topology Toolkit (PMMoTo) is a software tool designed to help researchers analyze and understand porous structures and how their features influence behavior at larger scales. A porous medium is any solid material that contains pores, for example, soil, membranes, skin, and many other natural and engineered materials. In fact, porosity is often a function of spatial scale; all materials have some degree of porosity, you just need to zoom in. The morphology (i.e. the shape and structure) and topology (i.e., the connectivity and spatial relations) of a porous structure govern larger-scale behavior. By characterizing these structures, PMMoTo enables researchers to better understand emergent behaviors and develop more predictive models of porous systems.

## Full-text entities

- **Chemicals:** water (MESH:D014867), polyamide (MESH:D009757)

## Figures

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12981423