title: Porous liquids: a promising class of media for gas separation.
abstract: A porous liquid containing empty cavities has been successfully fabricated by surface engineering of hollow structures with suitable corona and canopy species. By taking advantage of the liquid-like polymeric matrices as a separation medium and the empty cavities as gas transport pathway, this unique porous liquid can function as a promising candidate for gas separation. Moreover, such a facile synthetic strategy can be further extended to the fabrication of other types of nanostructure-based porous liquid, opening up new opportunities for preparation of porous liquids with attractive properties for specific tasks.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (USA).
authors.forename: Jinshui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Song-Hai
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Zhen-An
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Shannon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mahurin
authors.forename: Jihua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Youxing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Shun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dai
keywords: gas separation; polymeric matrix; porous liquids; silica spheres; surface modification