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.
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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
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