Realizing both selective adsorption and efficient regeneration using adsorbents with photo-regulated molecular gates

Jing Zhu, Jia Jia Ding, Xiao Qin Liu, Peng Tan, Lin Bing Sun

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Abstract

A new generation of smart adsorbents was designed by grafting photo-responsive molecules onto the pore entrances of mesoporous silica. These molecules act as the gates of the mesopores, which are reversibly closed/opened upon light irradiation. Our smart adsorbents thus realize both selective adsorption and efficient desorption, which is highly expected for adsorption but impossible for traditional adsorbents with fixed pore entrances.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4006-4009
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume52
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Mar 2016

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