Functional flexible adsorbents and their potential utility
Kyriaki Koupepidou, Aizhamal Subanbekova, Michael J. Zaworotko
Abstract
the adsorbent can adapt to a specific adsorbate. Such flexible adsorbents have set several new benchmarks for certain hydrocarbon separations in terms of selectivity and separation performance. This Feature Article reviews progress made by us and others towards the crystal engineering (design and control) of flexible adsorbents and addresses several of the myths that have emerged since their initial discovery, particularly with respect to those performance parameters of relevance to natural gas storage, water harvesting and hydrocarbon gas/vapour separation.
Topics & Concepts
AdsorptionChemistryCombinatorial chemistryBiophysicsNanotechnologyMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryBiologyMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsMembrane Separation and Gas TransportCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies