title: From an equilibrium based MOF adsorbent to a kinetic selective carbon molecular sieve for paraffin/iso-paraffin separation.
abstract: We unveil a unique kinetic driven separation material for selectively removing linear paraffins from iso-paraffins via a molecular sieving mechanism. Subsequent carbonization and thermal treatment of CD-MOF-2, the cyclodextrin metal-organic framework, afforded a carbon molecular sieve with a uniform and reduced pore size of ca. 5.0 Å, and it exhibited highly selective kinetic separation of n-butane and n-pentane from iso-butane and iso-pentane, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. sqma@usf.edu.
authors.forename: Baiyan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Functional Materials Design, Discovery & Development Research Group (FMD3), Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Centre (AMPMC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohamed.eddaoudi@kaust.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Belmabkhout
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. sqma@usf.edu.
authors.forename: Yiming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Functional Materials Design, Discovery & Development Research Group (FMD3), Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Centre (AMPMC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohamed.eddaoudi@kaust.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Prashant M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. sqma@usf.edu.
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Functional Materials Design, Discovery & Development Research Group (FMD3), Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Centre (AMPMC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohamed.eddaoudi@kaust.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Daliang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Functional Materials Design, Discovery & Development Research Group (FMD3), Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Centre (AMPMC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohamed.eddaoudi@kaust.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Functional Materials Design, Discovery & Development Research Group (FMD3), Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Centre (AMPMC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohamed.eddaoudi@kaust.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eddaoudi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. sqma@usf.edu.
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Perman
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. sqma@usf.edu.
authors.forename: Shengqian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ma