Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Flexible single-layer ionic organic–inorganic frameworks towards precise nano-size separation

  • Liang Yue,
  • Shan Wang,
  • Ding Zhou,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Bao Li,
  • Lixin Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10742
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

Read online

Membranes composed of ionic frameworks offer applications in nano-size separation thanks to their highly regular pores. Here, the authors devise such a system composed of polyoxometalates and organic pseudorotaxanes, and demonstrate their ability to separate mixed sized CdTe quantum dots.