title: Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-Enabled Membranes: Challenges and Opportunities.
abstract: ZIFs are a unique class of porous solids topologically associated with zeolites, but dramatically different in components. Current research on ZIF-enabled membranes is highly imbalanced. Despite a large selection of available ZIF materials, seven out of ten published papers discuss ZIF-8-based membranes. This is partially due to insufficient knowledge on ZIFs' structure-transport property relationships as well as lack of capability to tailor their transport properties for particular separations. This Perspective will provide an account of recent progress in ZIF-enabled membranes and analyze the barriers that must be overcome to advance ZIF-enabled membranes beyond fundamental characterizations.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0100, United States.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koros