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Alebrahim T, Huang L, Welgama HK, Esmaeili N, Deng E, Cheng S, Acharya D, Doherty CM, Hill AJ, Rumsey C, Trebbin M, Cook TR, Lin H. Low-Loading Mixed Matrix Materials: Fractal-Like Structure and Peculiarly Enhanced Gas Permeability. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:11116-11124. [PMID: 38372265 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c19631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Mixed matrix materials (MMMs) containing metal-organic framework (MOF) nanoparticles are attractive for membrane carbon capture. Particularly, adding <5 mass % MOFs in polymers dramatically increased gas permeability, far surpassing the Maxwell model's prediction. However, no sound mechanisms have been offered to explain this unusual low-loading phenomenon. Herein, we design an ideal series of MMMs containing polyethers (one of the leading polymers for CO2/N2 separation) and discrete metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) with cage sizes of 2-5 nm. Adding 3 mass % MOP-3 in a polyether increases the CO2 permeability by 100% from 510 to 1000 Barrer at 35 °C because of the increased gas diffusivity. No discernible changes in typical physical properties governing gas transport properties are detected, such as glass transition temperature, fractional free volume, d-spacing, etc. We hypothesize that this behavior is attributed to fractal-like networks formed by highly porous MOPs, and for the first time, we validate this hypothesis using small-angle X-ray scattering analysis.
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- Taliehsadat Alebrahim
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Future Industries, Private Bag 10, Clayton, South Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Future Industries, Private Bag 10, Clayton, South Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Future Industries, Private Bag 10, Clayton, South Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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Wang Z, Ozcan A, Craig GA, Haase F, Aoyama T, Poloneeva D, Horio K, Higuchi M, Yao MS, Doherty CM, Maurin G, Urayama K, Bavykina A, Horike S, Gascon J, Semino R, Furukawa S. Pore-Networked Gels: Permanently Porous Ionic Liquid Gels with Linked Metal-Organic Polyhedra Networks. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37350764 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Porous liquids (PLs) are attractive materials because of their capability to combine the intrinsic porosity of microporous solids and the processability of liquids. Most of the studies focus on the synthesis of PLs with not only high porosity but also low viscosity by considering their transportation in industrial plants. However, a gap exists between PLs and solid adsorbents for some practical cases, where the liquid characteristics and mechanical stability without leakage are simultaneously required. Here, we fill in this gap by demonstrating a new concept of pore-networked gels, in which the solvent phase is trapped by molecular networks with accessible porosity. To achieve this, we fabricate a linked metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) gel, followed by exchanging the solvent phase with a bulky liquid such as ionic liquids (ILs); the dimethylformamide solvent trapped inside the as-synthesized gel is replaced by the target IL, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, which in turn cannot enter MOP pores due to their larger molecular size. The remaining volatile solvents in the MOP cavities can then be removed by thermal activation, endowing the obtained IL gel (Gel_IL) with accessible microporosity. The CO2 capacities of the gels are greatly enhanced compared to the neat IL. The exchange with the IL also exerts a positive influence on the final gel performances such as mechanical properties and low volatility. Besides ILs, various functional liquids are shown to be amenable to this strategy to fabricate pore-networked gels with accessible porosity, demonstrating their potential use in the field of gas adsorption or separation.
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- Zaoming Wang
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier 34095, France
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Advanced Catalvytic Materials, King Abdullah Uniersity of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- MicrotracBEL Corp., 8-2-52 Nanko-Higashi, Suminoe-ku, Osaka 559-0031, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier 34095, France
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Advanced Catalvytic Materials, King Abdullah Uniersity of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), Advanced Catalvytic Materials, King Abdullah Uniersity of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier 34095, France
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Physico-chimie des Electrolytes et Nanosystèmes Interfaciaux, PHENIX, Paris F-75005, France
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Sourjah A, Kang CSM, Doherty CM, Acharya D, O'Dell LA, Pringle JM. New organic ionic plastic crystals utilizing the morpholinium cation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37306459 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp00759f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Organic ionic plastic crystals (OIPCs) are emerging candidates as safer, quasi solid-state ion conductors for various applications, especially for next-generation batteries. However, a fundamental understanding of these OIPC materials is required, particularly concerning how the choice of cation and anion can affect the electrolyte properties. Here, we report the synthesis and characterisation of a range of new morpholinium-based OIPCs and demonstrate the benefit of the ether functional group in the cation ring. Specifically, we investigate the 4-ethyl-4-methylmorpholinium [C2mmor]+ and 4-isopropyl-4-methylmorpholinium [C(i3)mmor]+ cations paired with bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide [FSI]- and bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide [TFSI]- anions. A fundamental study of the thermal behaviour and transport properties was performed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The free volume within the salts has been investigated by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) and the ion dynamics using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis. Finally, the electrochemical stability window was studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV). Out of the four morpholinium salts, [C2mmor][FSI] exhibits the widest phase I range from 11 to 129 °C, which is advantageous for their application. [C(i3)mmor][FSI] displayed the highest conductivity of 1 × 10-6 S cm-1 at 30 °C, whereas the largest vacancy volume of 132 Å3 was found for [C2mmor][TFSI]. These insights into the properties of new morpholinium-based OIPCs will be important for developing new electrolytes with optimised thermal and transport properties for a range of clean energy applications.
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- Azra Sourjah
- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Manufacturing, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Manufacturing, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.
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Wang R, Qian J, Chen X, Low ZX, Chen Y, Ma H, Wu HA, Doherty CM, Acharya D, Xie Z, Hill MR, Shen W, Wang F, Wang H. Pyro-layered heterostructured nanosheet membrane for hydrogen separation. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2161. [PMID: 37061522 PMCID: PMC10105703 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37932-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023] Open
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Engineering different two-dimensional materials into heterostructured membranes with unique physiochemical properties and molecular sieving channels offers an effective way to design membranes for fast and selective gas molecule transport. Here we develop a simple and versatile pyro-layering approach to fabricate heterostructured membranes from boron nitride nanosheets as the main scaffold and graphene nanosheets derived from a chitosan precursor as the filler. The rearrangement of the graphene nanosheets adjoining the boron nitride nanosheets during the pyro-layering treatment forms precise in-plane slit-like nanochannels and a plane-to-plane spacing of ~3.0 Å, thereby endowing specific gas transport pathways for selective hydrogen transport. The heterostructured membrane shows a high H2 permeability of 849 Barrer, with a H2/CO2 selectivity of 290. This facile and scalable technique holds great promise for the fabrication of heterostructures as next-generation membranes for enhancing the efficiency of gas separation and purification processes.
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- Ruoxin Wang
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Special Separation Membrane, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- Monash Center for Electron Microscopy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria, 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria, 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria, 3169, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria, 3169, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
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FitzGerald LI, Olorunyomi JF, Singh R, Doherty CM. Towards Solving the PFAS Problem: The Potential Role of Metal-Organic Frameworks. ChemSusChem 2022; 15:e202201136. [PMID: 35843909 PMCID: PMC9804497 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202201136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of recalcitrant molecules that have been used since the 1940s in a variety of applications. They are now linked to a host of negative health outcomes and are extremely resistant to degradation under environmental conditions. Currently, membrane technologies or adsorbents are used to remediate contaminated water. These techniques are either inefficient at capturing smaller PFAS molecules, have high energy demands, or result in concentrated waste that must be incinerated at high temperatures. This Review focuses on what role metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) may play in addressing the PFAS problem. Specifically, how the unique properties of MOFs such as their well-defined pore sizes, ultra-high internal surface area, and tunable surface chemistry may be a sustainable solution for PFAS contamination.
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- CSIRO ManufacturingPrivate Bag 10Clayton South3169VictoriaAustralia
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- CSIRO ManufacturingPrivate Bag 10Clayton South3169VictoriaAustralia
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Olorunyomi JF, White JF, Gengenbach TR, Caruso RA, Doherty CM. Fabrication of a Reusable Carbon Dot/Gold Nanoparticle/Metal-Organic Framework Film for Fluorescence Detection of Lead Ions in Water. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:35755-35768. [PMID: 35905302 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c09122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Solid-state sensing platforms are desirable for the development of reusable sensors to promote public health measures such as testing for drinking water contamination. A bioinspired metal-organic framework (MOF)-based material has been developed by imitating metal-protein interactions in biological systems to attain high sensitivity and selectivity to Pb2+ through fluorescence sensing. A zirconium terephthalate-type framework (also known as NH2-UiO-66) was modified with both gold nanoparticles and thiol-functionalized carbon dots to give HS-C/Au(x)/UiO-66 composites with different Au content (x) and were subsequently adapted into films that show extraordinary sensitivity to Pb2+. The HS-C/Au(1.4)/UiO-66 film that consists of 1.4 wt % Au shows a quenching response with the limit of detection of 80 parts per trillion and sustained performance for five cycles. Moreover, the fluorescence response of the HS-C/Au(x)/UiO-66 film to Pb2+ can be reversed from emission quenching to enrichment of fluorescence by increasing the Au content. The performance of the HS-C/Au(x)/UiO-66 film as a solid-state sensor demonstrates its potential for application in reusable sensing devices to ensure public safety from Pb2+ contamination in drinking water.
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- Joseph F Olorunyomi
- Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
- CSIRO Manufacturing Clayton, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing Clayton, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing Clayton, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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Hou R, Eden NT, Fong C, Acharya D, Doherty CM, Gengenbach T, Konstas K, Xie Z, Freeman BD, Hill MR. Enhanced Membrane Performance for Gas Separation by Coupling Effect of the Porous Aromatic Framework (PAF) Incorporation and Photo-Oxidation. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c03942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Rujing Hou
- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
- CSIRO, Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO, Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO, Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO, Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO, Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO, Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO, Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
- John J. McKetta Jr. Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2501 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
- CSIRO, Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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Mahdavi H, Eden NT, Doherty CM, Acharya D, Smith SJD, Mulet X, Hill MR. Underlying Polar and Nonpolar Modification MOF-Based Factors that Influence Permanent Porosity in Porous Liquids. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:23392-23399. [PMID: 35544409 PMCID: PMC9136846 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c03082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
It is increasingly apparent that porous liquids (PLs) have unique use cases due to the combination of ready liquid handling and their inherently high adsorption capacity. Among the PL types, those with permanent porosity are the most promising. Although Type II and III PLs have economic synthetic methods and can be made from a huge variety of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and solvents, these nanocomposites still need to be stable to be useful. This work aims to systematically explore the possibilities of creating PLs using different MOF modification methods. This delivered underpinning insights into the molecular-level influence between solvent and MOF on the overall nanocomposite stability. Zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks were combined with two different solvents of varying chemistry to deliver CO2 sorption capacities as high as 2.9 mmol g-1 at 10 bar. The results of the study could have far-reaching ramifications for future investigations in the PL field.
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- Hamidreza Mahdavi
- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
- CSIRO
Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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Singh R, White JF, de Vries M, Beddome G, Dai M, Bean AG, Mulet X, Layton D, Doherty CM. Biomimetic metal-organic frameworks as protective scaffolds for live-virus encapsulation and vaccine stabilization. Acta Biomater 2022; 142:320-331. [PMID: 35134566 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The invaluable health, economic and social impacts of vaccination are hard to exaggerate. The ability to stabilize vaccines is urgently required for their equitable distribution without the dependence on the 'cold-chain' logistics. Herein, for the first time we report biomimetic-mineralization of live-viral vaccines using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to enhance their storage stability from days to months. Applying ZIF-8 and aluminium fumarate (Alfum), the Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) V4 strain and Influenza A WSN strain were encapsulated with remarkable retention of their viral titre. The ZIF-8@NDV, ZIF-8@WSN and Alfum@WSN composites were validated for live-virus recovery using a tissue culture infectious dose (TCID50) assay. With the objective of long-term stabilization, we developed a novel, trehalose (T) and skim milk (SM) stabilized, freeze-dried MOF@Vaccine composite, ZIF-8@NDV+T/SM. The thermal stability of this composite was investigated and compared with the control NDV and non-encapsulated, freeze-dried NDV+T/SM composite at 4 °C, RT, and 37 °C over a period of 12 weeks. We demonstrate the fragility of the control NDV vaccine which lost all viability at RT and 37°C by 12 and 4 weeks, respectively. Comparing the freeze-dried counterparts, the MOF encapsulated ZIF-8@NDV+T/SM demonstrated significant enhancement in stability of the NDV+T/SM composite especially at RT and 37 °C upto 12 weeks. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Vaccination is undoubtedly one of the most effective medical interventions, saving millions of lives each year. However, the requirement of 'cold-chain' logistics is a major impediment to widespread immunization. Live viral vaccines (LVVs) are widely used vaccine types with proven efficacy and low cost. Nonetheless, their complex composition increases their susceptability to thermal stress. Several LVV thermostabilization approaches have been investigated, including their complex engineering and the facile addition of stabilizers. Still, the lack of a universal approach urgently requires finding a stabilization technique especially when additives alone may not be sufficient. Herein, we demonstrate MOF biomimetic-mineralization technology to encapsulate LVVs developing an optimised composite which significantly preserves vaccines without refrigeration for extended periods of time.
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- Ruhani Singh
- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia.
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
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- CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
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- CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia.
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia.
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Alebrahim T, Chakraborty A, Hu L, Patil S, Cheng S, Acharya D, Doherty CM, Hill AJ, Cook TR, Lin H. Gas transport characteristics of supramolecular networks of metal-coordinated highly branched Poly(ethylene oxide). J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Liu L, Doherty CM, Ricci E, Chen GQ, De Angelis MG, Kentish SE. The influence of propane and n-butane on the structure and separation performance of cellulose acetate membranes. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wang Z, Villa Santos C, Legrand A, Haase F, Hara Y, Kanamori K, Aoyama T, Urayama K, Doherty CM, Smales GJ, Pauw BR, Colón YJ, Furukawa S. Multiscale structural control of linked metal-organic polyhedra gel by aging-induced linkage-reorganization. Chem Sci 2021; 12:12556-12563. [PMID: 34703541 PMCID: PMC8494050 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02883a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Assembly of permanently porous metal-organic polyhedra/cages (MOPs) with bifunctional linkers leads to soft supramolecular networks featuring both porosity and processability. However, the amorphous nature of such soft materials complicates their characterization and thus limits rational structural control. Here we demonstrate that aging is an effective strategy to control the hierarchical network of supramolecular gels, which are assembled from organic ligands as linkers and MOPs as junctions. Normally, the initial gel formation by rapid gelation leads to a kinetically trapped structure with low controllability. Through a controlled post-synthetic aging process, we show that it is possible to tune the network of the linked MOP gel over multiple length scales. This process allows control on the molecular-scale rearrangement of interlinking MOPs, mesoscale fusion of colloidal particles and macroscale densification of the whole colloidal network. In this work we elucidate the relationships between the gel properties, such as porosity and rheology, and their hierarchical structures, which suggest that porosity measurement of the dried gels can be used as a powerful tool to characterize the microscale structural transition of their corresponding gels. This aging strategy can be applied in other supramolecular polymer systems particularly containing kinetically controlled structures and shows an opportunity to engineer the structure and the permanent porosity of amorphous materials for further applications.
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- Zaoming Wang
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Yoshida, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Yoshida, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Yoshida, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8502 Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8585 Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8585 Japan
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- Manufacturing, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Clayton South Victoria Australia
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) Unter den Eichen 87 12205 Berlin Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) Unter den Eichen 87 12205 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Yoshida, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are exceptionally large surface area materials with organized porous cages that have been investigated for nearly three decades. Due to the flexibility in their design and predisposition toward functionalization, they have shown promise in many areas of application, including chemical sensing. Consequently, they are identified as advanced materials with potential for deployment in analytical devices for chemical and biochemical sensing applications, where high sensitivity is desirable, for example, in environmental monitoring and to advance personal diagnostics. To keep abreast of new research, which signposts the future directions in the development of MOF-based chemical sensors, this review examines studies since 2015 that focus on the applications of MOF films and devices in chemical sensing. Various examples that use MOF films in solid-state sensing applications were drawn from recent studies based on electronic, electrochemical, electromechanical and optical sensing methods. These examples underscore the readiness of MOFs to be integrated in optical and electronic analytical devices. Also, preliminary demonstrations of future sensors are indicated in the performances of MOF-based wearables and smartphone sensors. This review will inspire collaborative efforts between scientists and engineers working within the field of MOFs, leading to greater innovations and accelerating the development of MOF-based analytical devices for chemical and biochemical sensing applications.
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- Joseph F Olorunyomi
- Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
- CSIRO Manufacturing, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
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- Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
- CSIRO Manufacturing, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
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- Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
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Wu D, Hou R, Yi C, Smith SJ, Fu J, Ng D, Doherty CM, Mulder RJ, Xie Z, Hill MR. Enhancing polyimide-based mixed matrix membranes performance for CO2 separation containing PAF-1 and p-DCX. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mizrahi Rodriguez K, Lin S, Wu AX, Han G, Teesdale JJ, Doherty CM, Smith ZP. Leveraging Free Volume Manipulation to Improve the Membrane Separation Performance of Amine-Functionalized PIM-1. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:6593-6599. [PMID: 33278319 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Gas-separation polymer membranes display a characteristic permeability-selectivity trade-off that has limited their industrial use. The most comprehensive approach to improving performance is to devise strategies that simultaneously increase fractional free volume, narrow free volume distribution, and enhance sorption selectivity, but generalizable methods for such approaches are exceedingly rare. Here, we present an in situ crosslinking and solid-state deprotection method to access previously inaccessible sorption and diffusion characteristics in amine-functionalized polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Free volume element (FVE) size can be increased while preserving a narrow FVE distribution, enabling below-upper bound polymers to surpass the H2 /N2 , H2 /CH4 , and O2 /N2 upper bounds and improving CO2 -based selectivities by 200 %. This approach can transform polymers into chemical analogues with improved performance, thereby overcoming traditional permeability-selectivity trade-offs.
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- Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria, 3169, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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Elashkar AH, Parasar D, Muñoz‐Castro A, Doherty CM, Cowan MG, Rasika Dias HV. Cover Feature: Isolable 1‐Butene Copper(I) Complexes and 1‐Butene/Butane Separation Using Structurally Adaptable Copper Pyrazolates (3/2021). Chempluschem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ahmed H. Elashkar
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering University of Canterbury Christchurch 8140 New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington TX 76019 USA
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- Grupo de Química Inorgánica y Materiales Moleculares Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad Autonoma de Chile El Llano Subercaseaux 2801 Santiago Chile
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering University of Canterbury Christchurch 8140 New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington TX 76019 USA
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Mizrahi Rodriguez K, Lin S, Wu AX, Han G, Teesdale JJ, Doherty CM, Smith ZP. Leveraging Free Volume Manipulation to Improve the Membrane Separation Performance of Amine‐Functionalized PIM‐1. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202012441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Private Bag 10 Clayton South Victoria 3169 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA
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Lin S, Joo T, Benedetti FM, Chen LC, Wu AX, Mizrahi Rodriguez K, Qian Q, Doherty CM, Smith ZP. Free volume manipulation of a 6FDA-HAB polyimide using a solid-state protection/deprotection strategy. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Elashkar AH, Parasar D, Muñoz-Castro A, Doherty CM, Cowan MG, Dias HVR. Isolable 1-Butene Copper(I) Complexes and 1-Butene/Butane Separation Using Structurally Adaptable Copper Pyrazolates. Chempluschem 2020; 86:364-372. [PMID: 33300685 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Non-porous small molecule adsorbents such as {[3,5-(CF3 )2 Pz]Cu}3 (where Pz=pyrazolate) are an emerging class of materials that display attractive features for ethene-ethane separation. This work examines the chemistry of fluorinated copper(I) pyrazolates {[3,5-(CF3 )2 Pz]Cu}3 and {[4-Br-3,5-(CF3 )2 Pz]Cu}3 with much larger 1-butene in both solution and solid state, and reports the isolation of rare 1-butene complexes of copper(I), {[3,5-(CF3 )2 Pz]Cu(H2 C=CHC2 H5 )}2 and {[4-Br-3,5-(CF3 )2 Pz]Cu(H2 C=CHC2 H5 )}2 and their structural, spectroscopic, and computational data. The copper-butene adduct formation in solution involves olefin-induced structural transformation of trinuclear copper(I) pyrazolates to dinuclear mixed-ligand systems. Remarkably, larger 1-butene is able to penetrate the dense solid material and to coordinate with copper(I) ions at high molar occupancy. A comparison to analogous ethene and propene complexes of copper(I) is also provided.
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- Ahmed H Elashkar
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 76019, USA
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- Grupo de Química Inorgánica y Materiales Moleculares Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autonoma de Chile El Llano Subercaseaux, 2801, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 76019, USA
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Gao Y, Doherty CM, Mulet X. A Systematic Study of the Stability of Enzyme/Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework‐8 Composites in Various Biologically Relevant Solutions. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202003575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Yuan Gao
- CSIRO Manufacturing Clayton VIC 3168 Australia
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Chapman S, Carravetta M, Miletto I, Doherty CM, Dixon H, Taylor JD, Gianotti E, Yu J, Raja R. Probing the Design Rationale of a High-Performing Faujasitic Zeotype Engineered to have Hierarchical Porosity and Moderated Acidity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:19561-19569. [PMID: 32648629 PMCID: PMC7692934 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Porosity and acidity are influential properties in the rational design of solid-acid catalysts. Probing the physicochemical characteristics of an acidic zeotype framework at the molecular level can provide valuable insights in understanding intrinsic reaction pathways, for affording structure-activity relationships. Herein, we employ a variety of probe-based techniques (including positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS), FTIR and solid-state NMR spectroscopy) to demonstrate how a hierarchical design strategy for a faujasitic (FAU) zeotype (synthesized for the first time, via a soft-templating approach, with high phase-purity) can be used to simultaneously modify the porosity and modulate the acidity for an industrially significant catalytic process (Beckmann rearrangement). Detailed characterization of hierarchically porous (HP) SAPO-37 reveals enhanced mass-transport characteristics and moderated acidity, which leads to superior catalytic performance and increased resistance to deactivation by coking, compared to its microporous counterpart, further vindicating the interplay between porosity and moderated acidity.
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- Stephanie Chapman
- School of ChemistryUniversity of SouthamptonHighfield CampusSouthamptonSO17 1BJUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of SouthamptonHighfield CampusSouthamptonSO17 1BJUK
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- Department of Science and Technological InnovationUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleViale T. Michel 1115121AlessandriaItaly
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- CSIRO ManufacturingPrivate Bag 10Clayton SouthVictoria3169Australia
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- ISIS Hydrogen and Catalysis Laboratory, ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon FacilitySTFC Rutherford Appleton LaboratoryChiltonDidcotOX11 0QXUK
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- ISIS Hydrogen and Catalysis Laboratory, ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon FacilitySTFC Rutherford Appleton LaboratoryChiltonDidcotOX11 0QXUK
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- Department of Science and Technological InnovationUniversità del Piemonte OrientaleViale T. Michel 1115121AlessandriaItaly
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative ChemistryCollege of ChemistryInternational Center of Future ScienceJilin University2699 Qianjin StreetChangchun130012China
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of SouthamptonHighfield CampusSouthamptonSO17 1BJUK
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Chapman S, Carravetta M, Miletto I, Doherty CM, Dixon H, Taylor JD, Gianotti E, Yu J, Raja R. Probing the Design Rationale of a High‐Performing Faujasitic Zeotype Engineered to have Hierarchical Porosity and Moderated Acidity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202005108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Stephanie Chapman
- School of Chemistry University of Southampton Highfield Campus Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
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- School of Chemistry University of Southampton Highfield Campus Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
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- Department of Science and Technological Innovation Università del Piemonte Orientale Viale T. Michel 11 15121 Alessandria Italy
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- CSIRO Manufacturing Private Bag 10 Clayton South Victoria 3169 Australia
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- ISIS Hydrogen and Catalysis Laboratory, ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Facility STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton Didcot OX11 0QX UK
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- ISIS Hydrogen and Catalysis Laboratory, ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Facility STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton Didcot OX11 0QX UK
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- Department of Science and Technological Innovation Università del Piemonte Orientale Viale T. Michel 11 15121 Alessandria Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry College of Chemistry International Center of Future Science Jilin University 2699 Qianjin Street Changchun 130012 China
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- School of Chemistry University of Southampton Highfield Campus Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
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Rapson TD, Gregg CM, Allen RS, Ju H, Doherty CM, Mulet X, Giddey S, Wood CC. Insights into Nitrogenase Bioelectrocatalysis for Green Ammonia Production. ChemSusChem 2020; 13:4856-4865. [PMID: 32696610 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202001433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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There is a growing interest in using ammonia as a liquid carrier of hydrogen for energy applications. Currently, ammonia is produced industrially by the Haber-Bosch process, which requires high temperature and high pressure. In contrast, bacteria have naturally evolved an enzyme known as nitrogenase, that is capable of producing ammonia and hydrogen at ambient temperature and pressure. Therefore, nitrogenases are attractive as a potentially more efficient means to produce ammonia via harnessing the unique properties of this enzyme. In recent years, exciting progress has been made in bioelectrocatalysis using nitrogenases to produce ammonia. Here, the prospects for developing biological ammonia production are outlined, key advances in bioelectrocatalysis by nitrogenases are highlighted, and possible solutions to the obstacles faced in realising this goal are discussed.
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- Trevor D Rapson
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Black Mountain, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Black Mountain, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Energy, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, 3169, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, 3169, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, 3169, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO Energy, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, 3169, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Black Mountain, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Lau CH, Konstas K, Doherty CM, Smith SJD, Hou R, Wang H, Carta M, Yoon H, Park J, Freeman BD, Malpass-Evans R, Lasseuguette E, Ferrari MC, McKeown NB, Hill MR. Tailoring molecular interactions between microporous polymers in high performance mixed matrix membranes for gas separations. Nanoscale 2020; 12:17405-17410. [PMID: 32793938 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr04801a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Membranes are crucial to lowering the huge energy costs of chemical separations. Whilst some promising polymers demonstrate excellent transport properties, problems of plasticisation and physical aging due to mobile polymer chains, amongst others, prevent their exploitation in membranes for industrial separations. Here we reveal that molecular interactions between a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) matrix and a porous aromatic framework additive (PAF-1) can simultaneously address plasticisation and physical aging whilst also increasing gas transport selectivity. Extensive spectroscopic characterisation and control experiments involving two near-identical PIMs, one with methyl groups (PIM-EA(Me2)-TB) and one without (PIM-EA(H2)-TB), directly confirm the key molecular interaction as the adsoprtion of methyl groups from the PIM matrix into the nanopores of the PAF. This interaction reduced physical aging by 50%, suppressed polymer chain mobilities at high pressure and increased H2 selectivity over larger gases such as CH4 and N2.
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- Cher Hon Lau
- School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FB, UK.
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- CSIRO, Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia. and Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3169, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3169, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Grove Building, Singleton Park, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX78758, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX78758, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX78758, USA
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- EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
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- School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FB, UK.
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- School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FB, UK.
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- EastChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
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- CSIRO, Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia. and Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3169, Australia
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Al-Masri D, Yunis R, Hollenkamp AF, Doherty CM, Pringle JM. The influence of alkyl chain branching on the properties of pyrrolidinium-based ionic electrolytes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:18102-18113. [PMID: 32760990 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp03046e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ionic liquids and plastic crystals based on pyrrolidinium cations are recognised for their advantageous properties such as high conductivity, low viscosity, and good electrochemical and thermal stability. The pyrrolidinium ring can be substituted with symmetric or asymmetric alkyl chain substituents to form a range of ionic liquids or plastic crystals depending on the anion. However, reports into the use of branched alkyl chains and how this influences the material properties are limited. Here, we report the synthesis of six salts - ionic liquids and organic ionic plastic crystals - where the typically used linear propyl chain substituent is replaced by the branched alternative, isopropyl, to form the cation [C(i3)mpyr]+, in combination with six different anions: dicyanamide, (fluorosulfonyl)(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, tetrafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate. The thermal and transport properties of these salts are compared to those of the analogous N-propyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium and N,N-diethylpyrrolidinium-based salts. Finally, a high lithium salt content ionic liquid electrolyte based on the bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt was developed. This electrolyte showed high coulombic efficiencies of lithium plating/stripping and high lithium ion transference number, making it a strong candidate for use in lithium metal batteries.
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- Danah Al-Masri
- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia.
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia.
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Energy, Clayton, 3168, VIC, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Manufacturing, Clayton, 3168, VIC, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia.
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Hou R, O’Loughlin R, Ackroyd J, Liu Q, Doherty CM, Wang H, Hill MR, Smith SJD. Greatly Enhanced Gas Selectivity in Mixed-Matrix Membranes through Size-Controlled Hyper-cross-linked Polymer Additives. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Rujing Hou
- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
- Key Laboratory, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Science, Xiamen 361021, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Membrane Innovation, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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Mizrahi Rodriguez K, Wu AX, Qian Q, Han G, Lin S, Benedetti FM, Lee H, Chi WS, Doherty CM, Smith ZP. Facile and Time-Efficient Carboxylic Acid Functionalization of PIM-1: Effect on Molecular Packing and Gas Separation Performance. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Yang G, Xie Z, Doherty CM, Cran M, Ng D, Gray S. Understanding the transport enhancement of poly (vinyl alcohol) based hybrid membranes with dispersed nanochannels for pervaporation application. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yoon HW, Lee TH, Doherty CM, Choi TH, Roh JS, Kim HW, Cho YH, Do SH, Freeman BD, Park HB. Origin of CO 2-philic Sorption by Graphene Oxide Layered Nanosheets and Their Derivatives. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:2356-2362. [PMID: 32106674 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Graphene oxide (GO) is a promising 2D material for adsorbents and membranes, in particular, for the CO2 separation process. However, CO2 diffusion and sorption in GO and its layered structures are still not well understood because of its heterogeneous structure. Here we report CO2 sorption in GO and its derivatives (e.g., reduced GO (rGO)) in powders and films. These CO2 sorption behaviors reveal that GO is highly CO2-philic via complex CO2-functional-group-surface interactions, as compared with graphite and rGOs. Even in highly interlocked, lamellar GO films, CO2 molecules above a certain threshold pressure can diffuse into GO interlayers, causing GO films to swell and leading to dramatic increases in CO2 sorption. Intercalated water in GO interlayers can be removed by preferential CO2 sorption without any changes in the GO chemical structure. This finding helps to explain the origin of CO2 affinity with GO and has implications for preparing anhydrous GO assemblies for various applications.
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- Hee Wook Yoon
- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street Stop C0400, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheock 25931, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Green Chemical Materials Division, Research Center for Membrane, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street Stop C0400, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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Ma L, Haynes CJE, Grommet AB, Walczak A, Parkins CC, Doherty CM, Longley L, Tron A, Stefankiewicz AR, Bennett TD, Nitschke JR. Coordination cages as permanently porous ionic liquids. Nat Chem 2020; 12:270-275. [PMID: 32042136 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0419-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Porous materials are widely used in industry for applications that include chemical separations and gas scrubbing. These materials are typically porous solids, although the liquid state can be easier to manipulate in industrial settings. The idea of combining the size and shape selectivity of porous domains with the fluidity of liquids is a promising one and porous liquids composed of functionalized organic cages have recently attracted attention. Here we describe an ionic-liquid, porous, tetrahedral coordination cage. Complementing the gas binding observed in other porous liquids, this material also encapsulates non-gaseous guests-shape and size selectivity was observed for a series of isomeric alcohols. Three gaseous chlorofluorocarbon guests, trichlorofluoromethane, dichlorodifluoromethane and chlorotrifluoromethane, were also shown to be taken up by the liquid coordination cage with an affinity that increased with their size. We hope that these findings will lead to the synthesis of other porous liquids whose guest-uptake properties may be tailored to fulfil specific functions.
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- Lillian Ma
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK
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- Center for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.,Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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- Manufacturing, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Center for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.,Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Poddar A, Pyreddy S, Carraro F, Dhakal S, Rassell A, Field MR, Reddy TS, Falcaro P, Doherty CM, Shukla R. ZIF-C for targeted RNA interference and CRISPR/Cas9 based gene editing in prostate cancer. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:15406-15409. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc06241c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Metal–organic-frameworks for gene therapy in prostate cancer – ZIF-C based delivery of RNA interference and CRISPR/Cas9 causes host gene expression knockdown. Coating with a green tea phytochemical enhances uptake and increases cancer cytotoxicity.
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- Arpita Poddar
- Ian Potter NanoBiosensing Facility
- NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL)
- School of Science
- RMIT University
- Melbourne
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- Ian Potter NanoBiosensing Facility
- NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL)
- School of Science
- RMIT University
- Melbourne
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Ian Potter NanoBiosensing Facility
- NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL)
- School of Science
- RMIT University
- Melbourne
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- Ian Potter NanoBiosensing Facility
- NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL)
- School of Science
- RMIT University
- Melbourne
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- RMIT Microscopy & Microanalysis Facility
- RMIT University
- Melbourne
- Australia
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- Ian Potter NanoBiosensing Facility
- NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL)
- School of Science
- RMIT University
- Melbourne
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Ian Potter NanoBiosensing Facility
- NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL)
- School of Science
- RMIT University
- Melbourne
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Omidvar M, Nguyen H, Doherty CM, Hill AJ, Stafford CM, Feng X, Swihart MT, Lin H. Unexpectedly Strong Size-Sieving Ability in Carbonized Polybenzimidazole for Membrane H 2/CO 2 Separation. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:47365-47372. [PMID: 31750641 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b16966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Polymers with high permeability and strong size-sieving ability are needed for H2/CO2 separation at temperatures ranging from 100 to 300 °C to enable an energy-efficient precombustion CO2 capture process. However, such polymers usually suffer from a permeability/selectivity tradeoff, that is, polymers with high permeability tend to exhibit a weak size-sieving ability and thus low selectivity. Herein, we demonstrate that carbonization of a suitable polymer precursor (i.e., polybenzimidazole or PBI) generates microcavities (leading to high H2 permeability) and ultramicroporous channels (leading to strong size-sieving ability and thus high H2/CO2 selectivity). Specifically, carbonization of PBI at 900 °C (CMS@900) doubles H2 permeability and increases H2/CO2 selectivity from 14 to 80 at 150 °C. When tested with simulated syngas-containing equimolar H2 and CO2 in the presence of water vapor for 120 h, CMS@900 exhibits stable H2 permeability of ≈36 barrer and H2/CO2 selectivity of ≈53 at 150 °C, above Robeson's 2008 upper bound and demonstrating robustness against physical aging and CO2 plasticization.
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- Maryam Omidvar
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo , The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo , The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260 , United States
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Future Industries , Private Bag 10 , Clayton , South Victoria 3169 , Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Future Industries , Private Bag 10 , Clayton , South Victoria 3169 , Australia
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- Materials Science & Engineering Division , National Institute of Standards and Technology , MS 8542, 100 Bureau Drive , Gaithersburg , Maryland 20899 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Waterloo , Waterloo , Ontario N2L 3G1 , Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo , The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo , The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260 , United States
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Lu Y, Zhang H, Chan JY, Ou R, Zhu H, Forsyth M, Marijanovic EM, Doherty CM, Marriott PJ, Holl MMB, Wang H. Frontispiece: Homochiral MOF–Polymer Mixed Matrix Membranes for Efficient Separation of Chiral Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201984762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yizhihao Lu
- Department of Chemical EngineeringMonash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringMonash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringMonash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringMonash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Institute for Frontier MaterialsDeakin University Geelong Victoria 3216 Australia
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- Institute for Frontier MaterialsDeakin University Geelong Victoria 3216 Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMonash Biomedicine Discovery InstituteMonash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Future IndustriesCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Clayton Victoria 3168 Australia
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- Australia Centre for Research on Separation ScienceSchool of ChemistryMonash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringMonash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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Lu Y, Zhang H, Chan JY, Ou R, Zhu H, Forsyth M, Marijanovic EM, Doherty CM, Marriott PJ, Holl MMB, Wang H. Homochiral MOF–Polymer Mixed Matrix Membranes for Efficient Separation of Chiral Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201910408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Yizhihao Lu
- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials Deakin University Geelong Victoria 3216 Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials Deakin University Geelong Victoria 3216 Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Future Industries Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Clayton Victoria 3168 Australia
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- Australia Centre for Research on Separation Science School of Chemistry Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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Lu Y, Zhang H, Chan JY, Ou R, Zhu H, Forsyth M, Marijanovic EM, Doherty CM, Marriott PJ, Holl MMB, Wang H. Homochiral MOF–Polymer Mixed Matrix Membranes for Efficient Separation of Chiral Molecules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:16928-16935. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201910408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yizhihao Lu
- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials Deakin University Geelong Victoria 3216 Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials Deakin University Geelong Victoria 3216 Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Future Industries Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Clayton Victoria 3168 Australia
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- Australia Centre for Research on Separation Science School of Chemistry Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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Poddar A, Conesa JJ, Liang K, Dhakal S, Reineck P, Bryant G, Pereiro E, Ricco R, Amenitsch H, Doonan C, Mulet X, Doherty CM, Falcaro P, Shukla R. Encapsulation, Visualization and Expression of Genes with Biomimetically Mineralized Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 (ZIF-8). Small 2019; 15:e1902268. [PMID: 31259481 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201902268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Recent work in biomolecule-metal-organic framework (MOF) composites has proven to be an effective strategy for the protection of proteins. However, for other biomacromolecules such as nucleic acids, the encapsulation into nano MOFs and the related characterizations are in their infancy. Herein, encapsulation of a complete gene-set in zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) MOFs and cellular expression of the gene delivered by the nano MOF composites are reported. Using a green fluorescent protein (GFP) plasmid (plGFP) as a proof-of-concept genetic macromolecule, successful transfection of mammalian cancer cells with plGFP for up to 4 days is shown. Cell transfection assays and soft X-ray cryo-tomography (cryo-SXT) demonstrate the feasibility of DNA@MOF biocomposites as intracellular gene delivery vehicles. Expression occurs over relatively prolonged time points where the cargo nucleic acid is released gradually in order to maintain sustained expression.
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- Arpita Poddar
- Ian Potter NanoBiosensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
- CSIRO Manufacturing, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, MISTRAL Beamline - Experiments division. Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, 08290, Spain
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Library Road, Kensington, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Ian Potter NanoBiosensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Nanoscale Physics, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, MISTRAL Beamline - Experiments division. Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, 08290, Spain
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and the Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Ian Potter NanoBiosensing Facility, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory (NBRL), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
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- Dongyun Wu
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, P. R. China
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag
10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, P. R. China
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag
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Yunis R, Hollenkamp AF, Forsyth C, Doherty CM, Al-Masri D, Pringle JM. Organic salts utilising the hexamethylguanidinium cation: the influence of the anion on the structural, physical and thermal properties. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:12288-12300. [PMID: 31139779 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01740b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The synthesis and characterisation of new solid-state electrolytes is a key step in advancing the development of safer and more reliable electrochemical energy storage technologies. Organic ionic plastic crystals (OIPCs) are an increasingly promising class of material for application in devices such as lithium or sodium metal batteries as they can support high ionic conductivity, with good electrochemical and thermal stability. However, the choice of OIPC-forming ions is still relatively limited. Furthermore, understanding of the influence of different cations and anions on the thermal, structural and transport properties of these materials is still in its infancy. Here we report the synthesis and in-depth characterisation of a range of new OIPCs utilising the hexamethylguanidinium cation ([HMG]) with five different anions. The thermal, structural, transport properties and free volume in the different salts have been investigated. The free volume within the salts has been investigated by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, and the single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction analysis of [HMG] bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([TFSI]) in phase I and II, [HMG] hexafluorophosphate ([PF6]) and [HMG] tetrafluoroborate ([HMG][BF4]) are reported. The HMG cation can exhibit significant disorder, which is advantageous for plasticity and future use of these materials as high ionic conductivity matrices. The bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt, [HMG][FSI], is identified as particularly promising for use as an electrolyte, with good electrochemical stability and soft mechanical properties. The findings introduce a range of new materials to the solid-state electrolyte arena, while the insights into the physico-chemical relationships in these materials will be of importance for the future development and understanding of other ionic electrolytes.
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- Ruhamah Yunis
- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia.
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Energy, Clayton, 3168, VIC, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Manufacturing, Clayton, 3168, VIC, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia.
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- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia.
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Wang X, Shan M, Liu X, Wang M, Doherty CM, Osadchii D, Kapteijn F. High-Performance Polybenzimidazole Membranes for Helium Extraction from Natural Gas. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:20098-20103. [PMID: 31094508 PMCID: PMC6556872 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b05548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Increasing helium use in research and production processes necessitates separation techniques to secure sufficient supply of this noble gas. Energy-efficient helium production from natural gas is still a big challenge. Membrane gas separation technology could play an important role. Herein, a novel poly( p-phenylene benzobisimidazole) (PBDI) polymeric membrane for helium extraction from natural gas with low He abundance is reported. The membranes were fabricated by a facile interfacial polymerization at room temperature. The thin and defect-free membrane structure was manipulated by the confined polymerization of monomers diffusing through the interface between two immiscible liquids. Both He/CH4 selectivity and He permeance are competitive over those of other commercial perfluoropolymers. Even at low He content of 1%, separation performance of the PBDI membrane transcended the current upper bound. The unprecedented selectivity (>1000) together with the excellent stability (∼360 h) endows PBDI membranes with a great potential for energy-efficient industrial recovery and production of this precious He resources from reservoirs with low abundance.
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- Xuerui Wang
- Chemical Engineering
Department, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Engineering
Department, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Engineering
Department, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
(CSIRO), Manufacturing Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Chemical Engineering
Department, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Engineering
Department, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Longley L, Collins SM, Li S, Smales GJ, Erucar I, Qiao A, Hou J, Doherty CM, Thornton AW, Hill AJ, Yu X, Terrill NJ, Smith AJ, Cohen SM, Midgley PA, Keen DA, Telfer SG, Bennett TD. Flux melting of metal-organic frameworks. Chem Sci 2019; 10:3592-3601. [PMID: 30996951 PMCID: PMC6430010 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04044c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Recent demonstrations of melting in the metal-organic framework (MOF) family have created interest in the interfacial domain between inorganic glasses and amorphous organic polymers. The chemical and physical behaviour of porous hybrid liquids and glasses is of particular interest, though opportunities are limited by the inaccessible melting temperatures of many MOFs. Here, we show that the processing technique of flux melting, 'borrowed' from the inorganic domain, may be applied in order to melt ZIF-8, a material which does not possess an accessible liquid state in the pure form. Effectively, we employ the high-temperature liquid state of one MOF as a solvent for a secondary, non-melting MOF component. Differential scanning calorimetry, small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering, electron microscopy and X-ray total scattering techniques are used to show the flux melting of the crystalline component within the liquid. Gas adsorption and positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy measurements show that this results in enhanced, accessible porosity to a range of guest molecules in the resultant flux melted MOF glass.
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- Louis Longley
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy , University of Cambridge , Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , UK .
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy , University of Cambridge , Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , UK .
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy , University of Cambridge , Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , UK .
- Institute of Chemical Materials , China Academy of Engineering Physics , Mianyang 621900 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University College London , Gordon Street , London , WC1H 0AJ , UK
- Diamond Light Source Ltd , Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot OX11 0DE , UK
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- Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences , Faculty of Engineering , Ozyegin University , Istanbul , Turkey
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures , Wuhan University of Technology , Wuhan 430070 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy , University of Cambridge , Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , UK .
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- Future Industries , Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation , Clayton South , Victoria 3168 , Australia
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- Future Industries , Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation , Clayton South , Victoria 3168 , Australia
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- Future Industries , Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation , Clayton South , Victoria 3168 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California, San Diego , La Jolla , California 92023-0358 , USA
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd , Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot OX11 0DE , UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd , Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot OX11 0DE , UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California, San Diego , La Jolla , California 92023-0358 , USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy , University of Cambridge , Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , UK .
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- ISIS Facility , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Campus , Didcot , Oxon OX11 0QX , UK
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology , Institute of Fundamental Sciences , Massey University , Palmerston North 4442 , New Zealand
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy , University of Cambridge , Charles Babbage Road , Cambridge , CB3 0FS , UK .
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Macreadie LK, Mensforth EJ, Babarao R, Konstas K, Telfer SG, Doherty CM, Tsanaktsidis J, Batten SR, Hill MR. CUB-5: A Contoured Aliphatic Pore Environment in a Cubic Framework with Potential for Benzene Separation Applications. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:3828-3832. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- CSIRO, Normanby Road, Clayton 3168, Victoria, Australia
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO, Normanby Road, Clayton 3168, Victoria, Australia
- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne 3001, Victoria, Australia
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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- CSIRO, Normanby Road, Clayton 3168, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia
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Cheng Y, Tavares SR, Doherty CM, Ying Y, Sarnello E, Maurin G, Hill MR, Li T, Zhao D. Enhanced Polymer Crystallinity in Mixed-Matrix Membranes Induced by Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets for Efficient CO 2 Capture. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:43095-43103. [PMID: 30427179 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b16386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The design and fabrication of novel mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) with simultaneously enhanced gas permeability and selectivity are highly sought for the industrial deployment of membrane technology for large-scale CO2 capture and storage. Conventional isotropic bulky particle fillers often exhibit limited interfacial compatibility that eventually leads to significant selectivity loss in MMMs. Here, we report the incorporation of chemically stable metal-organic framework (MOF) nanosheets into a highly permeable polymer matrix to prepare defect-free MMMs. MOF nanosheets are homogeneously dispersed within the polymer matrix, owing to their high aspect ratios that improve the polymer-filler integration. The strong hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions between the two components not only enhance the interfacial compatibility but also favor the efficient polymer chain packing along the surface of MOF nanosheets, leading to enhanced polymer crystallinity as well as size-sieving capability of the membranes. The as-prepared MMMs demonstrate high CO2-selective separation performance, good antipressure, and antiaging abilities, thus offering new opportunities in developing advanced membranes for industrial gas separation applications.
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- Youdong Cheng
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , 117585 , Singapore
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier , Université de Montpellier , Place E. Bataillon , Montpellier Cedex 05 34095 , France
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- CSIRO Manufacturing , Private Bag 10 , Clayton South , Victoria 3169 , Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , 117585 , Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Northern Illinois University , DeKalb , Illinois 60115 , United States
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier , Université de Montpellier , Place E. Bataillon , Montpellier Cedex 05 34095 , France
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- CSIRO Manufacturing , Private Bag 10 , Clayton South , Victoria 3169 , Australia
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Northern Illinois University , DeKalb , Illinois 60115 , United States
- X-Ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , 117585 , Singapore
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Prasad K, Nikzad M, Doherty CM, Sbarski I. Diffusion of low-molecular-weight permeants through semi-crystalline polymers: combining molecular dynamics with semi-empirical models. POLYM INT 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.5560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Krishnamurthy Prasad
- Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology; Swinburne University of Technology; Hawthorn Victoria Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology; Swinburne University of Technology; Hawthorn Victoria Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology; Swinburne University of Technology; Hawthorn Victoria Australia
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Luo S, Zhang Q, Bear TK, Curtis TE, Roeder RK, Doherty CM, Hill AJ, Guo R. Triptycene-containing poly(benzoxazole-co-imide) membranes with enhanced mechanical strength for high-performance gas separation. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Qiao A, Bennett TD, Tao H, Krajnc A, Mali G, Doherty CM, Thornton AW, Mauro JC, Greaves GN, Yue Y. A metal-organic framework with ultrahigh glass-forming ability. Sci Adv 2018; 4:eaao6827. [PMID: 29536040 PMCID: PMC5844704 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao6827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Glass-forming ability (GFA) is the ability of a liquid to avoid crystallization during cooling. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a new class of glass formers (1-3), with hitherto unknown dynamic and thermodynamic properties. We report the discovery of a new series of tetrahedral glass systems, zeolitic imidazolate framework-62 (ZIF-62) [Zn(Im2-x bIm x )], which have ultrahigh GFA, superior to any other known glass formers. This ultrahigh GFA is evidenced by a high viscosity η (105 Pa·s) at the melting temperature Tm, a large crystal-glass network density deficit (Δρ/ρg)network, no crystallization in supercooled region on laboratory time scales, a low fragility (m = 23), an extremely high Poisson's ratio (ν = 0.45), and the highest Tg/Tm ratio (0.84) ever reported. Tm and Tg both increase with benzimidazolate (bIm) content but retain the same ultrahigh Tg/Tm ratio, owing to high steric hindrance and frustrated network dynamics and also to the unusually low enthalpy and entropy typical of the soft and flexible nature of MOFs. On the basis of these versatile properties, we explain the exceptional GFA of the ZIF-62 system.
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- Ang Qiao
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, National Institute of Chemistry, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, National Institute of Chemistry, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Future Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Clayton South, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Future Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Clayton South, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan 250353, China
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
- Department of Physics, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan 250353, China
- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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Mjejri I, Doherty CM, Rubio-Martinez M, Drisko GL, Rougier A. Double-Sided Electrochromic Device Based on Metal-Organic Frameworks. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:39930-39934. [PMID: 29043775 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b13647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Devices displaying controllably tunable optical properties through an applied voltage are attractive for smart glass, mirrors, and displays. Electrochromic material development aims to decrease power consumption while increasing the variety of attainable colors, their brilliance, and their longevity. We report the first electrochromic device constructed from metal organic frameworks (MOFs). Two MOF films, HKUST-1 and ZnMOF-74, are assembled so that the oxidation of one corresponds to the reduction of the other, allowing the two sides of the device to simultaneously change color. These MOF films exhibit cycling stability unrivaled by other MOFs and a significant optical contrast in a lithium-based electrolyte. HKUST-1 reversibly changed from bright blue to light blue and ZnMOF-74 from yellow to brown. The electrochromic device associates the two MOF films via a PMMA-lithium based electrolyte membrane. The color-switching of these MOFs does not arise from an organic-linker redox reaction, signaling unexplored possibilities for electrochromic MOF-based materials.
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- Issam Mjejri
- ICMCB, UPR 9048, CNRS , F-33600 Pessac, France
- ICMCB, UPR 9048, Université de Bordeaux , F-33600 Pessac, France
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- CSIRO Manufacturing and Minerals , Research Way, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing and Minerals , Research Way, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- ICMCB, UPR 9048, CNRS , F-33600 Pessac, France
- ICMCB, UPR 9048, Université de Bordeaux , F-33600 Pessac, France
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- ICMCB, UPR 9048, CNRS , F-33600 Pessac, France
- ICMCB, UPR 9048, Université de Bordeaux , F-33600 Pessac, France
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Brooks NJ, Castiglione F, Doherty CM, Dolan A, Hill AJ, Hunt PA, Matthews RP, Mauri M, Mele A, Simonutti R, Villar-Garcia IJ, Weber CC, Welton T. Linking the structures, free volumes, and properties of ionic liquid mixtures. Chem Sci 2017; 8:6359-6374. [PMID: 29619199 PMCID: PMC5859882 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc01407d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The formation of ionic liquid (IL) mixtures has been proposed as an approach to rationally fine-tune the physicochemical properties of ILs for a variety of applications. However, the effects of forming such mixtures on the resultant properties of the liquids are only beginning to be understood. Towards a more complete understanding of both the thermodynamics of mixing ILs and the effect of mixing these liquids on their structures and physicochemical properties, the spatial arrangement and free volume of IL mixtures containing the common [C4C1im]+ cation and different anions have been systematically explored using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) and 129Xe NMR techniques. Anion size has the greatest effect on the spatial arrangement of the ILs and their mixtures in terms of the size of the non-polar domains and inter-ion distances. It was found that differences in coulombic attraction between oppositely charged ions arising from the distribution of charge density amongst the atoms of the anion also significantly influences these inter-ion distances. PALS and 129Xe NMR results pertaining to the free volume of these mixtures were found to strongly correlate with each other despite the vastly different timescales of these techniques. Furthermore, the excess free volumes calculated from each of these measurements were in excellent agreement with the excess volumes of mixing measured for the IL mixtures investigated. The correspondence of these techniques indicates that the static and dynamic free volume of these liquid mixtures are strongly linked. Consequently, fluxional processes such as hydrogen bonding do not significantly contribute to the free volumes of these liquids compared to the spatial arrangement of ions arising from their size, shape and coulombic attraction. Given the relationship between free volume and transport properties such as viscosity and conductivity, these results provide a link between the structures of IL mixtures, the thermodynamics of mixing and their physicochemical properties.
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- Nicholas J Brooks
- Department of Chemistry , Imperial College London , London , SW7 2AZ , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta" , Politecnico di Milano , Piazza L. da Vinci 32 , 20133 Milan , Italy
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- CSIRO Manufacturing , Private Bag 10 , Clayton South , Victoria 3169 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , Imperial College London , London , SW7 2AZ , UK .
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- CSIRO Manufacturing , Private Bag 10 , Clayton South , Victoria 3169 , Australia
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- Department of Chemistry , Imperial College London , London , SW7 2AZ , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Imperial College London , London , SW7 2AZ , UK .
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- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali , Università of Milano-Bicocca , via Cozzi 55 , 20125 Milano , Italy
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- Department of Chemistry , Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta" , Politecnico di Milano , Piazza L. da Vinci 32 , 20133 Milan , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali , Università of Milano-Bicocca , via Cozzi 55 , 20125 Milano , Italy
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- Department of Chemistry , Imperial College London , London , SW7 2AZ , UK . .,Photoactivated Processes Unit , IMDEA Energy Institute , Móstoles Technology Park, Avenida Ramón de la Sagra, 3 , 28935 Móstole , Madrid , Spain
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- Department of Chemistry , Imperial College London , London , SW7 2AZ , UK . .,School of Science , Auckland University of Technology , Auckland 1010 , New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry , Imperial College London , London , SW7 2AZ , UK .
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Shimizu T, Kanamori K, Maeno A, Kaji H, Doherty CM, Nakanishi K. Transparent Ethenylene-Bridged Polymethylsiloxane Aerogels: Mechanical Flexibility and Strength and Availability for Addition Reaction. Langmuir 2017; 33:4543-4550. [PMID: 28412818 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Transparent, low-density ethenylene-bridged polymethylsiloxane [Ethe-BPMS, O2/2(CH3)Si-CH═CH-Si(CH3)O2/2] aerogels from 1,2-bis(methyldiethoxysilyl)ethene have successfully been synthesized via a sol-gel process. A two-step sol-gel process composed of hydrolysis under acidic conditions and polycondensation under basic conditions in a liquid surfactant produces a homogeneous pore structure based on cross-linked nanosized colloidal particles. Visible-light transmittance of the aerogels varies with the concentration of the base catalyst and reaches as high as 87% (at a wavelength of 550 nm for a 10 mm thick sample). Gelation and aging temperature strongly affect the deformation behavior of the resultant aerogels against uniaxial compression, and the obtained aerogels prepared at 80 °C show high elasticity after being unloaded. This highly resilient behavior is primarily derived from the rigidity of ethenylene groups, which is confirmed by a comparison with other aerogels with similar molecular structures, ethylene-bridged polymethylsiloxane and polymethylsilsesquioxane. Applicability of the addition reaction using a Diels-Alder reaction of benzocyclobutene has also been investigated, revealing that a successful addition takes place on the ethenylene linkings, which is verified using Raman and solid-state NMR spectroscopies. Insights into the effect of molecular structure on mechanical properties and the availability of surface functionalization provided in this study are important for realizing transparent aerogels with the desired functionality.
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- Taiyo Shimizu
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University , Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University , Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- CSIRO Manufacturing , Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University , Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Cheng XQ, Konstas K, Doherty CM, Wood CD, Mulet X, Xie Z, Ng D, Hill MR, Lau CH, Shao L. Organic Microporous Nanofillers with Unique Alcohol Affinity for Superior Ethanol Recovery toward Sustainable Biofuels. ChemSusChem 2017; 10:1887-1891. [PMID: 28349608 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To minimize energy consumption and carbon footprints, pervaporation membranes are fast becoming the preferred technology for alcohol recovery. However, this approach is confined to small-scale operations, as the flux of standard rubbery polymer membranes remain insufficient to process large solvent volumes, whereas membrane separations that use glassy polymer membranes are prone to physical aging. This study concerns how the alcohol affinity and intrinsic porosity of networked, organic, microporous polymers can simultaneously reduce physical aging and drastically enhance both flux and selectivity of a super glassy polymer, poly-[1-(trimethylsilyl)propyne] (PTMSP). Slight loss in alcohol transportation channels in PTMSP is compensated by the alcohol affinity of the microporous polymers. Even after continuous exposure to aqueous solutions of alcohols, PTMSP pervaporation membranes loaded with the microporous polymers outperform the state-of-the-art and commercial pervaporation membranes.
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- Xi Quan Cheng
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Gate 3 Normanby Road, Clayton, VIC, 3169, Australia
- School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, 264209, P.R. China
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- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Gate 3 Normanby Road, Clayton, VIC, 3169, Australia
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- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Gate 3 Normanby Road, Clayton, VIC, 3169, Australia
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- Australian Resources Research Centre, CSIRO, Kensington, WA6155, Australia
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- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Gate 3 Normanby Road, Clayton, VIC, 3169, Australia
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- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Gate 3 Normanby Road, Clayton, VIC, 3169, Australia
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- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Gate 3 Normanby Road, Clayton, VIC, 3169, Australia
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- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Gate 3 Normanby Road, Clayton, VIC, 3169, Australia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Manufacturing, CSIRO, Gate 3 Normanby Road, Clayton, VIC, 3169, Australia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, United Kingdom
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
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Cheng XQ, Konstas K, Doherty CM, Wood CD, Mulet X, Xie Z, Ng D, Hill MR, Shao L, Lau CH. Hyper-Cross-Linked Additives that Impede Aging and Enhance Permeability in Thin Polyacetylene Films for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:14401-14408. [PMID: 28375614 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b02295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Membrane materials with high permeability to solvents while rejecting dissolved contaminants are crucial to lowering the energy costs associated with liquid separations. However, the current lack of stable high-permeability materials require innovative engineering solutions to yield high-performance, thin membranes using stable polymers with low permeabilities. Poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne] (PTMSP) is one of the most permeable polymers but is extremely susceptible to physical aging. Despite recent developments in anti-aging polymer membranes, this research breakthrough has yet to be demonstrated on thin PTMSP films supported on porous polymer substrates, a crucial step toward commercializing anti-aging membranes for industrial applications. Here we report the development of scalable, thin film nanocomposite membranes supported on polymer substrates that are resistant to physical aging while having high permeabilities to alcohols. The selective layer is made up of PTMSP and nanoporous polymeric additives. The nanoporous additives provide additional passageways to solvents, enhancing the high permeability of the PTMSP materials further. Through intercalation of polyacetylene chains into the sub-nm pores of organic additives, physical aging in the consequent was significantly hindered in continuous long-term operation. Remarkably we also demonstrate that the additives enhance both membrane permeability and rejection of dissolved contaminants across the membranes, as ethanol permeability at 5.5 × 10-6 L m m-2 h-1 bar-1 with 93% Rose Bengal (1017.6 g mol-1) rejection, drastically outperforming commercial and state-of-the-art membranes. These membranes can replace energy-intensive separation processes such as distillation, lowering operation costs in well-established pharmaceutical production processes.
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- Xi Quan Cheng
- CSIRO , Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Converson and Storage, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, China
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- CSIRO , Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO , Australian Resources Research Centre, Kensington, Western Australia 6155, Australia
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- CSIRO , Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO , Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO , Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- CSIRO , Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University , Clayton Victoria 3800, Australia
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Converson and Storage, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001, China
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- CSIRO , Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh EH9 3JL, United Kingdom
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