title: Exploiting Framework Flexibility of a Metal-Organic Framework for Selective Adsorption of Styrene over Ethylbenzene.
abstract: The separation of styrene and ethylbenzene mixtures is industrially important and is currently performed in highly energy-intensive vacuum distillation columns. The primary objective of our investigation is to offer an energy-efficient alternative for selective adsorption of styrene by a flexible metal-organic framework, DynaMOF-100. The structural transformation of DynaMOF-100 is specifically triggered on inclusion of styrene within the framework; this structural transformation is reversible. The styrene/ethylbenzene adsorption selectivity, originated as an outcome of the framework flexibility, is found to be much superior to the only two MOFs yet reported, serving styrene/ethylbenzene separation purpose.
authors: †Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008, India.
authors: Soumya
authors: S
authors: Mukherjee
authors: †Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008, India.
authors: Biplab
authors: B
authors: Joarder
authors: †Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008, India.
authors: Aamod V
authors: AV
authors: Desai
authors: †Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008, India.
authors: Biplab
authors: B
authors: Manna
authors: ‡Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Rajamani
authors: R
authors: Krishna
authors: †Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008, India.
authors: Sujit K
authors: SK
authors: Ghosh