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Shape Selectivity by Guest‐Driven Restructuring of a Porous Material
Author(s) -
Warren J. E.,
Perkins C. G.,
Jelfs K. E.,
Boldrin P.,
Chater P. A.,
Miller G. J.,
Manning T. D.,
Briggs M. E.,
Stylianou K. C.,
Claridge J. B.,
Rosseinsky M. J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201307656
Subject(s) - restructuring , selectivity , porosity , metal organic framework , void (composites) , chemistry , chemical engineering , chemical physics , nanotechnology , materials science , adsorption , organic chemistry , composite material , business , catalysis , engineering , finance
A flexible metal‐organic framework selectively sorbs para ‐ (pX) over meta ‐xylene (mX) by synergic restructuring around pX coupled with generation of unused void space upon mX loading. The nature of the structural change suggests more generally that flexible structures which are initially mismatched in terms of fit and capacity to the preferred guest are strong candidates for effective molecular separations.