title: Highly selective adsorption and separation of aniline/phenol from aqueous solutions by microporous MIL-53(Al): a combined experimental and computational study.
abstract: Experimental measurements have been combined with molecular simulations to investigate the adsorption and separation of aniline/phenol mixtures from aqueous solutions by the aluminum terephthalate MIL-53. The results show that the framework flexibility of this material plays a crucial role in the adsorption process and thus can greatly enhance the separation of the aniline/phenol mixture from their solutions. Compared with the conventional adsorbents, MIL-53(Al) shows the best performance for such systems of interest, from the points of view of both the adsorption capacities and the selectivities for aniline. The findings obtained in this work may facilitate more investigations in connection with the application of flexible nanoporous materials for the separation of organic compounds from liquid-phase environments.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Chaoyang, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Yuanlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Tongtong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Yunpan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Hongliang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Qingyuan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Dahuan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chongli
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhong