Chemistry of Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(3), P. 1631 - 1638
Published: Jan. 18, 2024
Ortho-chlorotoluene
serves
as
a
vital
raw
material
in
the
petrochemical
industries.
However,
due
to
alkylation
and
chlorination,
ortho-chlorotoluene
is
often
mixed
with
meta-chlorotoluene
para-chlorotoluene.
The
selective
separation
of
from
chlorotoluene
isomers
crucial
step
industrial
production.
owing
close
boiling
points
isomers,
traditional
methods
demand
large
amount
energy.
Therefore,
there
an
urgent
need
develop
new
achieve
efficient
isomers.
Herein,
we
developed
adsorptive
strategy
using
nonporous
adaptive
crystals
hybrid[3]arene
H
(Hα).
Hα
was
proved
be
highly
effective
binary
or
ternary
mixture
Single-crystal
structure
analysis
electrostatic
potential
maps
indicated
that
selectivity
derived
stable
host–guest
between
H.
Besides,
exhibited
high
recyclability
reversible
transformation
guest-free
guest-contained
structures.
Materials Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8(10), P. 2273 - 2281
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
An
efficient
strategy
for
separation
of
xylene
isomers
in
both
vapor
and
liquid
phases
based
on
nonporous
adaptive
crystals
hybrid[3]arene
is
developed,
showing
good
performance
high
recyclability
o
-xylene,
providing
a
new
method
isomers.
Clean Energy Science and Technology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
2(2), P. 126 - 126
Published: March 20, 2024
The
separation
of
propylene
(C3H6)
and
propane
(C3H8)
is
very
costly
due
to
similar
physical-chemical
properties
has
been
listed
as
one
the
seven
chemical
separations
change
world.
High-purity
C3H6
an
important
raw
material
produce
polypropylene
acrylonitrile.
However,
C3H8
produced
a
by-product
in
production
process
C3H6,
which
structure
boiling
point
those
C3H6.
Traditionally,
by
distillation
high
energy
consumption
unremarkable
effect.
Therefore,
there
urgent
need
develop
more
energy-saving
efficient
methods
for
C3H8.
Clean Energy Science and Technology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
2(1), P. 111 - 111
Published: Feb. 28, 2024
Adsorption-based
water
management
and
evaporative
cooling
personal
thermal
(PTM)
technologies
offer
great
potential
to
achieve
adaptive
temperature
regulation,
wide
applicability,
low
energy
consumption.
However,
designing
high-performance
durable
hygroscopic
composites
that
combine
efficient
heat
dissipation
with
wear
comfort
is
a
challenge.
More
recently,
Xu
et
al.
used
two
polymers
crosslinking
strategies
develop
moisture-absorbent
fabrics
excellent
hygroscopicity,
durability,
ductility,
air
permeability,
washable
resistance,
antibacterial
properties.
This
work
paved
an
intriguing
PTM
application
prospect
of
all-polymer
composite
energy-efficient
moisture
sorption
cooling.
Materials Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8(19), P. 3150 - 3156
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
new
strategy
for
separating
toluene
(Tol)
and
methylcyclohexane
(MCH)
in
both
vapor
liquid
phases
has
been
developed
using
nonporous
adaptive
crystals
of
hybrid[3]arene
H
(Hα).
Chemistry of Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(21), P. 10850 - 10856
Published: Oct. 9, 2024
Cyclohexene
is
an
important
volatile
organic
compound
(VOC),
which
the
key
raw
material
for
preparation
of
cyclohexanol.
Because
formation
azeotropes
between
cyclohexene
and
cyclohexanol,
separation
cyclohexanol
extremely
challenging.
However,
there
are
some
challenges
conventional
methods,
such
as
complex
equipment,
high
operating
costs,
huge
energy
consumption.
Herein,
we
present
energy-efficient
adsorptive
method
to
effectively
adsorb
selectively
separate
from
with
a
purity
100%
using
nonporous
adaptive
crystals
hybrid[3]arene
H
(Hα).
As
revealed
by
single
crystal
structure,
multiple
noncovalent
interactions
responsible
perfect
selectivity.
Density
functional
theory
calculations
explain
in
detail
mechanism
preferential
adsorption
selective
Hα.
Moreover,
recovery
recycling
Hα
dissolving
that
adsorbed
ethanol
reported
first
time.
It
anticipated
this
work
will
provide
valuable
timely
insights
interpretation
theoretical
calculations.
