title: Adsorptive separation on metal-organic frameworks in the liquid phase.
abstract: While much attention of the MOF community has been devoted to adsorption and purification of gases, there is now also a vast body of data on the capability of MOFs to separate and purify liquid mixtures. Initial studies focused on separation of petrochemicals in apolar backgrounds, but the attention has moved now to the separation of complex, e.g. chiral compounds, and to the isolation of biobased compounds from aqueous media. We here give an overview of most of the existing literature, with an accent on separation mechanisms and structure-selectivity relationships.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Arenbergpark 23, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. Dirk.DeVos@biw.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van de Voorde
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bueken
authors.forename: Joeri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Denayer
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Vos
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D009930:Organic Chemicals