Nature Communications (Aug 2020)
Refinement of pore size at sub-angstrom precision in robust metal–organic frameworks for separation of xylenes
- Xiaolin Li,
- Juehua Wang,
- Nannan Bai,
- Xinran Zhang,
- Xue Han,
- Ivan da Silva,
- Christopher G. Morris,
- Shaojun Xu,
- Damian M. Wilary,
- Yinyong Sun,
- Yongqiang Cheng,
- Claire A. Murray,
- Chiu C. Tang,
- Mark D. Frogley,
- Gianfelice Cinque,
- Tristan Lowe,
- Haifei Zhang,
- Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta,
- K. Mark Thomas,
- Leslie W. Bolton,
- Sihai Yang,
- Martin Schröder
Affiliations
- Xiaolin Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Juehua Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Nannan Bai
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Xinran Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Xue Han
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Ivan da Silva
- ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Christopher G. Morris
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Shaojun Xu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Damian M. Wilary
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Yinyong Sun
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Yongqiang Cheng
- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Claire A. Murray
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science Campus
- Chiu C. Tang
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science Campus
- Mark D. Frogley
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science Campus
- Gianfelice Cinque
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science Campus
- Tristan Lowe
- Henry Moseley X-ray Imaging Facility, Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester
- Haifei Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool
- Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta
- Neutron Scattering Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- K. Mark Thomas
- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Newcastle University
- Leslie W. Bolton
- BP Group Research
- Sihai Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Martin Schröder
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17640-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Separation of xylene isomers is essential for the production of a wide range of materials, but current separation methods are energy intensive. Here the authors report separation of the three xylene isomers at room temperature, via refinement of the pore size in a series of porous MOFs at sub-angstrom precision.
