Adaptive Crystal Selectively Recognizes Benzene (IMAGE)

Shibaura Institute of Technology

Adaptive Crystal Selectively Recognizes Benzene

Caption

The interlayer adaptive crystal preferentially incorporates benzene from mixtures with hexafluorobenzene and other competing molecules, including cyclohexene and cyclohexane. Electrostatic interactions between the fluorinated crystal surfaces and guest molecules drive selective recognition and reversible guest incorporation.

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Professor Akiko Hori from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Source Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.4090353

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