Recognition-guided sulfate extraction and transport using tripodal hexaurea receptors
Si-Qi Chen, Shu‐Na Yu, Wei Zhao, Lin Liang, Yunyan Gong, Lifei Yuan, Juan Tang, Xiao‐Juan Yang, Biao Wu
Abstract
Hexaurea-based receptors enable highly efficient sulfate extraction (over 97%) via liquid–liquid extraction, and a controllable release of the bound sulfate is achieved by acidifying the solution, as demonstrated in the U-tube experiment.
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