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Nanoporous Materials Can Tune the Critical Point of a Pure Substance

Braun, Efrem
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Chen, Joseph J.
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Schnell, Sondre K.
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2015
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Molecular simulations and NMR relaxometry experiments demonstrate that pure benzene or xylene confined in isoreticular metal-organic frameworks (IRMOFs) exhibit true vapor-liquid phase equilibria where the effective critical point may be reduced by tuning the structure of the MOF. Our results are consistent with vapor and liquid phases extending over many MOF unit cells. These results are counterintuitive since the MOF pore diameters are approximately the same length scale as the adsorbate molecules. As applications of these materials in catalysis, separations, and gas storage rely on the ability to tune the properties of adsorbed molecules, we anticipate that the ability to systematically control the critical point, thereby preparing spatially inhomogeneous local adsorbate densities, could add a new design tool for MOF applications.

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research article
DOI
10.1002/anie.201506865
Web of Science ID

WOS:000367724000024

Author(s)
Braun, Efrem
Chen, Joseph J.
Schnell, Sondre K.
Lin, Li-Chiang
Reimer, Jeffrey A.
Smit, Berend  
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Published in
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume

54

Issue

48

Start page

14349

End page

14352

Subjects

metal-organic frameworks

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microporous materials

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NMR relaxometry

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phase diagrams

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phase transitions

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REVIEWED

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February 16, 2016
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