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Preparation of Highly Porous Coordination Polymer Coatings on Macroporous Polymer Monoliths for Enhanced Enrichment of Phosphopeptides
Published on: July 14, 2015
Sequential functionalization of porous coordination polymer crystals
Kenji Hirai1, Shuhei Furukawa, Mio Kondo
1Department of Synthetic Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Japan.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|July 16, 2011
Summary
Heterostructured porous crystals efficiently separate linear petroleum molecules from isomers, even at low concentrations. These advanced materials also enhance molecular storage within their pores.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Chemical Engineering
- Nanotechnology
Background:
- Porous coordination polymers (PCPs) offer tunable structures for molecular separation.
- Achieving both high selectivity and capacity in PCPs remains a challenge.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop heterostructured porous coordination polymer crystals with dual functions.
- To investigate their performance in separating linear from branched petroleum isomers.
Main Methods:
- Fabrication of heterostructured PCP crystals using epitaxial growth.
- Gas chromatography and adsorption studies to evaluate separation and storage capabilities.
Main Results:
- The crystals demonstrated high size selectivity, extracting linear isomers from mixtures with branched ones at 1 wt% concentration.
- The material exhibited enhanced accumulation of the target molecules within its pores.
Conclusions:
- Heterostructured PCPs can overcome the trade-off between selectivity and storage capacity.
- Epitaxial growth is a viable method for creating advanced materials for hydrocarbon separations.
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