A robust doubly interpenetrated metal-organic framework constructed from a novel aromatic tricarboxylate for highly selective separation of small hydrocarbons

Yabing He; Zhangjing Zhang; Shengchang Xiang; Frank R Fronczek; Rajamani Krishna; Banglin Chen

doi:10.1039/c2cc31792c

A robust doubly interpenetrated metal-organic framework constructed from a novel aromatic tricarboxylate for highly selective separation of small hydrocarbons

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jul 4;48(52):6493-5. doi: 10.1039/c2cc31792c. Epub 2012 May 23.

Authors

Yabing He¹, Zhangjing Zhang, Shengchang Xiang, Frank R Fronczek, Rajamani Krishna, Banglin Chen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas 78249-0698, USA. Yabing.He@utsa.edu

PMID: 22622325
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc31792c

Abstract

A microporous metal-organic framework, for the first time, has been developed for highly selective separation of industrially important C(1), C(2) and C(3) hydrocarbons at room temperature.