Topology meets MOF chemistry for pore-aperture fine tuning: ftw-MOF platform for energy-efficient separations via adsorption kinetics or molecular sieving

Dong-Xu Xue; Amandine Cadiau; Łukasz J. Weseliński; Hao Jiang; Prashant M. Bhatt; Aleksander Shkurenko; Lukasz Wojtas; Chen Zhijie; Youssef Belmabkhout; Karim Adil; Mohamed Eddaoudi

doi:10.1039/C8CC03841D

Topology meets MOF chemistry for pore-aperture fine tuning: ftw-MOF platform for energy-efficient separations via adsorption kinetics or molecular sieving†

Dong-Xu Xue,

^a Amandine Cadiau,^a Łukasz J. Weseliński,

^a Hao Jiang,

^a Prashant M. Bhatt,^a Aleksander Shkurenko,^a Lukasz Wojtas,^a Chen Zhijie,

^a Youssef Belmabkhout,^a Karim Adil

^a and Mohamed Eddaoudi

*^a

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^a King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Functional Materials Design, Discovery & Development Research Group (FMD3), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: Mohamed.Eddaoudi@kaust.edu.sa

Abstract

Herein we demonstrate how the combined use of the molecular building block (MBB) approach and reticular chemistry allows the fabrication of a highly stable, ultra-microporous metal–organic framework (MOF) that is an efficient sorbent for the challenging separation of propane/propylene.

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Topology meets MOF chemistry for pore-aperture fine tuning: ftw-MOF platform for energy-efficient separations via adsorption kinetics or molecular sieving†

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