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Tiny pores turning the tide

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A decade ago, Zaworotko and co-workers engaged the principles of crystal engineering to demonstrate that narrow-pore (<0.7 nm) coordination networks are ideal sorbent platforms for small-molecule sorbates. This approach transformed sorbent design for such separations and has provided several performance benchmarks in trace gas capture-enabled purifications.

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Fig. 1: A typical potential energy well that gives an edge to narrow-pore sorbents, typically ultramicroporous, for delivering selective affinity to its preferred sorbate.

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  2. School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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