Nature Communications (May 2018)
Topologically guided tuning of Zr-MOF pore structures for highly selective separation of C6 alkane isomers
- Hao Wang,
- Xinglong Dong,
- Junzhong Lin,
- Simon J. Teat,
- Stephanie Jensen,
- Jeremy Cure,
- Eugeny V. Alexandrov,
- Qibin Xia,
- Kui Tan,
- Qining Wang,
- David H. Olson,
- Davide M. Proserpio,
- Yves J. Chabal,
- Timo Thonhauser,
- Junliang Sun,
- Yu Han,
- Jing Li
Affiliations
- Hao Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
- Xinglong Dong
- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Junzhong Lin
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
- Simon J. Teat
- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Stephanie Jensen
- Department of Physics, Wake Forest University
- Jeremy Cure
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas
- Eugeny V. Alexandrov
- Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science (SCTMS), Samara University
- Qibin Xia
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
- Kui Tan
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas
- Qining Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
- David H. Olson
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
- Davide M. Proserpio
- Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science (SCTMS), Samara University
- Yves J. Chabal
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas
- Timo Thonhauser
- Department of Physics, Wake Forest University
- Junliang Sun
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
- Yu Han
- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Jing Li
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04152-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The separation of C6 alkane isomers is crucial to the petroleum refining industry, but the distillation methods in place are energy intensive. Here, the authors design a series of topologically-guided zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks with optimized pore structures for efficient C6 alkane isomer separations.
