Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

METAL–ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS

Separating out the middle

A chemically and thermally stable metal–organic framework achieves exceptional separation of styrene from a complex mixture containing larger (ethylbenzene) and smaller (toluene and benzene) molecules.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: The process of intermediate-size molecular sieving on metal–organic framework MAF-41.

References

  1. Vermeiren, W. & Gilson, J.-P. Top. Catal. 52, 1131–1161 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Kroschwitz, J. I. & Seidel, A. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (Wiley, 2007).

  3. Maes, M. et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 15277–15285 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Luyben, W. L. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 50, 1231–1246 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Karpińska, M., Wlazło, M. & Domańska, U. J. Solution Chem. 47, 1578–1596 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Jie, K. et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 2908–2911 (2017).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Mukherjee, S. et al. Inorg. Chem. 54, 4403–4408 (2015).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Zhou, D.-D. et al. Nat. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0427-z (2019).

  9. Mueller, U. et al. J. Mater. Chem. 16, 626–636 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Czaja, A. U., Trukhan, N. & Müller, U. Chem. Soc. Rev. 38, 1284–1293 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Russell E. Morris.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Vornholt, S.M., Morris, R.E. Separating out the middle. Nat. Mater. 18, 910–911 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0437-x

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0437-x

This article is cited by

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing