Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-Enabled Membranes: Challenges and Opportunities

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 3841-3849

  Zhang, Chen ^a   Koros, William J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

POROUS SOLIDS; RECENT PROGRESS; ZEOLITIC IMIDAZOLATE FRAMEWORKS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84942910704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01602     Document Type: Article

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