title: A metal-organic framework/α-alumina composite with a novel geometry for enhanced adsorptive separation.
abstract: The development of a metal-organic framework/α-alumina composite leads to a novel concept: efficient adsorption occurs within a plurality of radial micro-channels with no loss of the active adsorbents during the process. This composite can effectively remediate arsenic contaminated water producing potable water recovery, whereas the conventional fixed bed requires eight times the amount of active adsorbents to achieve a similar performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. kang.li@imperial.ac.uk and NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences & Engineering (NGS), National University of Singapore, 28 Medical Drive, 117456, Singapore and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge, 117576, Singapore.
authors.forename: Chenghong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. kang.li@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. kang.li@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Xinlei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. kang.li@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences & Engineering (NGS), National University of Singapore, 28 Medical Drive, 117456, Singapore and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge, 117576, Singapore.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paul Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. kang.li@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li