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Cover Picture: Cyclotetrabenzoin Acetate: A Macrocyclic Porous Molecular Crystal for CO 2 Separations by Pressure Swing Adsorption (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 27/2021)
Author(s) -
Wang YaoTing,
McHale Corie,
Wang Xiqu,
Chang ChungKai,
Chuang YuChun,
Kaveevivitchai Watchareeya,
Miljanić Ognjen Š.,
Chen TengHao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202106166
Subject(s) - vacuum swing adsorption , pressure swing adsorption , adsorption , porosity , swing , chemical engineering , cover (algebra) , materials science , crystal (programming language) , chemistry , crystallography , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , physics , computer science , mechanical engineering , acoustics , engineering , programming language
A porous molecular crystal assembled by close‐packing of macrocyclic cyclotetrabenzoin acetate efficiently captures CO 2 , as reported by Ognjen Š. Miljanić, Teng‐Hao Chen et al. in their Research Article on page 14931. The square 7.1×7.1 Å pores enable excellent CO 2 /N 2 and CO 2 /CH 4 separation performance via both kinetic and thermodynamic effects. Moderately strong CO 2 –framework interactions allow easy regeneration of the adsorbent and its use in pressure swing adsorption.