Topology Meets Reticular Chemistry for Chemical Separations: MOFs as a Case Study
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ArticleKAUST Department
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research CenterChemical Science Program
Functional Materials Design, Discovery and Development (FMD3)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2020-07-09Online Publication Date
2020-07-09Print Publication Date
2020-07Embargo End Date
2021-07-09Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/664170
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Chemical separations are of prime industrial importance; however, they consume a large portion of total industrial energy. Credibly, adsorbent-based separation methods offer the prospective to drastically lessen the energy demand of conventional energy-intensive separation processes. Prominently, a special class of porous materials, namely metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), are reasonably positioned to address various demanding separations in an energy-efficient manner. Out of a myriad of possible topologies for the construction of MOFs, face-transitive nets affording a sole type of window, preferably defined by three- or four-membered rings, can be regarded as ideal blueprints for the construction of MOFs for targeted separations. Intricate separations by MOFs based on some of these topologies are discussed, highlighting the effect of appropriate pore aperture and channel size with prerequisite functional groups on their separation performance. MOFs based on face-transitive nets offer great potential as effective fillers for the construction of practical mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) with improved separation properties over conventional polymeric membranes.Citation
Bhatt, P. M., Guillerm, V., Datta, S. J., Shkurenko, A., & Eddaoudi, M. (2020). Topology Meets Reticular Chemistry for Chemical Separations: MOFs as a Case Study. Chem, 6(7), 1613–1633. doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2020.06.018Sponsors
The authors thank King Abdullah University of Science and Technology for funding and support. M.E. proposed the topic of perspective. M.E. P.B, V.G. S.D. and A.S. reviewed the literature and wrote the manuscript.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2451929420302990ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.chempr.2020.06.018