A microporous metal-organic framework for gas-chromatographic separation of alkanes

  • Banglin Chen
  • , Chengdu Liang
  • , Jun Yang
  • , Damacio S. Contreras
  • , Yvette L. Clancy
  • , Emil B. Lobkovsky
  • , Omar M. Yaghi
  • , Sheng Dai

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Abstract

(Figure Presented) Filling the pores: A zinc-based metal-organic framework (MOF) can be transformed reversibly from an open (a) to a dense (b) configuration. The microporous solid is the first example of a MOF that is highly selective in the gas-chromatographic separation of alkanes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1390-1393
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume45
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 20 2006

Keywords

  • Alkanes
  • Gas chromatography
  • Metal-organic frameworks
  • Microporous materials
  • Sorption

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