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Department of Chemistry and the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, USA
E-mail: matzger@umich.edu
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Chemistry Division, Directorate of Science, PINSTECH, Nilore, Pakistan
Chem. Sci., 2010,1, 293-302
DOI:
10.1039/C0SC00144A
Received
22 Jan 2010,
Accepted
07 Apr 2010
First published online
17 Jun 2010
Crystalline microporous coordination polymers (MCPs) are highly ordered, porous materials that have recently seen increasing attention in the literature. Whereas gas phase separations using MCPs have been extensively studied and reviewed, studies on applications in the liquid phase have lagged behind. This review details the work that has previously been reported on liquid phase separations using MCPs. Both enantioselective separations and separations of complex mixtures have been achieved using either adsorptive selectivities or size exclusion effects. Molecules that have been adsorbed include those as small as water to large organic dyes. In many cases, MCPs outperform their zeolite and activated carbon counterparts both kinetically and in efficiency of separation. The future outlook for the field is discussed in the context of current challenges in separations technologies.
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