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Electrophoretic Crystallization of Ultrathin High-performance Metal-organic Framework Membranes
Published on: August 16, 2018
Highly propylene-selective supported zeolite-imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) membranes synthesized by rapid
Hyuk Taek Kwon1, Hae-Kwon Jeong
1Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, TX, USA.
Abstract:
Here we report a rapid and simple microwave-assisted seeding technique for the synthesis of high-quality ZIF-8 membranes with an average propylene-propane selectivity of about 40. The new seeding method was found to be applicable to other ZIFs including ZIF-7 and SIM-1.
