Reversed thermo-switchable molecular sieving membranes composed of two-dimensional metal-organic nanosheets for gas separation

Xuerui Wang; Chenglong Chi; Kang Zhang; Yuhong Qian; Krishna M. Gupta; Zixi Kang; Jianwen Jiang; Dan Zhao

doi:10.1038/ncomms14460

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Reversed thermo-switchable molecular sieving membranes composed of two-dimensional metal-organic nanosheets for gas separation

Xuerui Wang,
Chenglong Chi,
Kang Zhang,
Yuhong Qian,
Krishna M. Gupta,
Zixi Kang,
Jianwen Jiang,
Dan Zhao

Affiliations

Xuerui Wang: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Chenglong Chi: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Kang Zhang: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Yuhong Qian: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Krishna M. Gupta: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Zixi Kang: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Jianwen Jiang: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Dan Zhao: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14460
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Reducing membrane thickness to nanometre scale should increase the throughput of gas separation sieves. Here, the authors report a sieving membrane composed of two-dimensional metal-organic framework nanosheets, exhibiting both high permeation flux and thermally switchable behaviour.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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