Efficient purification of ethene by an ethane-trapping metal-organic framework

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liao, Pei Qin ^a   Zhang, Wei Xiong ^a   Zhang, Jie Peng ^a   Chen, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL BONDING; DESORPTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; INSTRUMENTATION; POLYMERIZATION; SIMULATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84946119666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9697     Document Type: Article

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