Tailoring the Transport Properties of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks by Post-Synthetic Thermal Modification

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 42, 2015, Pages 23407-23411

  Zhang, Chen ^a   Koros, William J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

butane isomer separation; diffusion selectivity; membrane gas separation; metal organic frameworks; mixed matrix membrane; nanoporous materials; thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; BUTANE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; HEAT TREATMENT; ISOMERS; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEPARATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BUTANE ISOMERS; DIFFUSION SELECTIVITY; GAS SEPARATIONS; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; NANO-POROUS MATERIALS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84945963642     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07769     Document Type: Article

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