Abstract
A porous liquid containing empty cavities has been successfully fabricated by surface engineering of hollow structures with suitable corona and canopy species. By taking advantage of the liquid-like polymeric matrices as a separation medium and the empty cavities as gas transport pathway, this unique porous liquid can function as a promising candidate for gas separation. Moreover, such a facile synthetic strategy can be further extended to the fabrication of other types of nanostructure-based porous liquid, opening up new opportunities for preparation of porous liquids with attractive properties for specific tasks.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 932-936 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 12 2015 |
Keywords
- Gas separation
- Polymeric matrix
- Porous liquids
- Silica spheres
- Surface modification