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Inside Cover: Highly Selective Removal of Perfluorinated Contaminants by Adsorption on All‐Silica Zeolite Beta (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 33/2020)
Author(s) -
Van den Bergh Matthias,
Krajnc Andraž,
Voorspoels Stefan,
Tavares Sergio Rodrigues,
Mullens Steven,
Beurroies Isabelle,
Maurin Guillaume,
Mali Gregor,
De Vos Dirk E.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202007703
Subject(s) - perfluorooctanoic acid , zeolite , microporous material , adsorption , chemistry , cover (algebra) , beta (programming language) , contamination , environmental chemistry , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , mechanical engineering , computer science , engineering , programming language , ecology , biology
Perfluorinated compounds have found wide applications but have adverse effects on health and the environment, and there is a need to selectively recover them from process and surface waters. In their Communication on page 14086, D. E. De Vos and co‐workers show that a microporous zeolite Beta, in its all‐silica form, shows outstanding capacity and affinity for the uptake of PFCs such as perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, even in the presence of other organic compounds.