Porous liquids: A promising class of media for gas separation

Jinshui Zhang, Song Hai Chai, Zhen An Qiao, Shannon M. Mahurin, Jihua Chen, Youxing Fang, Shun Wan, Kimberly Nelson, Pengfei Zhang, Sheng Dai

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)932-936
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume54
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 12 2015

Keywords

  • Gas separation
  • Polymeric matrix
  • Porous liquids
  • Silica spheres
  • Surface modification

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