Theoretical model of adsorption in a templated porous material.
We introduce a theoretical description of adsorption in a templated porous material modeled as a quenched binary mixture configuration with one component removed. Using tools from equilibrium statistical mechanics, we analyze the diagrammatic structure of and derive an approximate formula for this nonequilibrium material's porosity and Henry regime selectivity. We find that templating significantly increases the porosity as well as the selectivity for the larger component of a mixture.
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Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. vantasse@asterix.eng.wayne.edu