title: Selective adsorption and efficient regeneration via smart adsorbents possessing thermo-controlled molecular switches.
abstract: Adsorption and desorption are equally important in an adsorptive separation process, while conventional adsorbents with fixed pores benefit only one of them rather than both. Here, a new generation of adsorbents was fabricated by incorporating thermo-responsive polymers (TRPs) into pores. The TRPs act as molecular switches, making pore spaces and active sites responsive to adsorption/desorption conditions. The adsorbents can thus realize both selective adsorption and efficient desorption, which are extremely desirable for adsorptive separation.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China. lbsun@njtech.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Shu-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Xiao-Qin
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lin-Bing
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Sun