Rational design of shape selective separations and catalysis: Lattice relaxation and effective aperture size

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 611-632

  Gounaris, Chrysanthos E ^a   Wei, James ^a   Floudas, Christodoulos A ^a   Ranjan, Rajiv ^b   Tsapatsis, Michael ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Molecular sieves; Selectivity; Separations; Supramolecular chemistry; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION PROCESS; EFFECTIVE APERTURE; EFFECTIVE SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HIGH SELECTIVITY; LATTICE RELAXATION; METAL OXIDES; MICROPOROUS; RATIONAL DESIGN; SELECTIVE SEPARATION; SELECTIVITY; ZEOLITE STRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR SIEVES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; SIEVES; SILICATE MINERALS; ZEOLITES;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

EID: 76749099827     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12016     Document Type: Article

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