Continuously adjustable, molecular-sieving “gate” on 5A zeolite for distinguishing small organic molecules by size

Song, Zhuonan; Huang, Yi; Xu, Weiwei L.; Wang, Lei; Bao, Yu; Li, Shiguang; Yu, Miao

doi:10.1038/srep13981

Title: Continuously adjustable, molecular-sieving “gate” on 5A zeolite for distinguishing small organic molecules by size

Journal Article · Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13981· OSTI ID:1326186

Song, Zhuonan ^[1]; Huang, Yi ^[1]; Xu, Weiwei L. ^[1]; Wang, Lei ^[1]; Bao, Yu ^[2]; Li, Shiguang ^[3]; Yu, Miao ^[1]

Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY (United States)
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (United States)

Zeolites/molecular sieves with uniform, molecular-sized pores are important for many adsorption-based separation processes. Pore size gaps, however, exist in the current zeolite family. This leads to a great challenge of separating molecules with size differences at ~0.01 nm level. Here, we report a novel concept, pore misalignment, to form a continuously adjustable, molecular-sieving “gate” at the 5A zeolite pore entrance without sacrificing the internal capacity. Misalignment of the micropores of the alumina coating with the 5A zeolite pores was related with and facilely adjusted by the coating thickness. For the first time, organic molecules with sub-0.01 nm size differences were effectively distinguished via appropriate misalignment. Lastly, this novel concept may have great potential to fill the pore size gaps of the zeolite family and realize size-selective adsorption separation.

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Research Organization:: Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000247

OSTI ID:: 1326186

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

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