@article{MondalHovestadtDeyetal.2017,
  author    = {Mondal, Suvendu Sekhar and Hovestadt, Maximilian and Dey, Subarna and Paula, Carolin and Glomb, Sebastian and Kelling, Alexandra and Schilde, Uwe and Janiak, Christoph and Hartmann, Martin and Holdt, Hans-J{\"u}rgen},
  title     = {Synthesis of a partially fluorinated ZIF-8 analog for ethane/ethene separation},
  series = {CrystEngComm},
  volume    = {19},
  journal   = {CrystEngComm},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1466-8033},
  doi       = {10.1039/c7ce01438d},
  pages     = {5882 -- 5891},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The separation of ethane/ethene mixtures (as well as other paraffin/olefin mixtures) is one of the most important but challenging processes in the petrochemical industry. In this work, we report the synthesis of ZIF-318, isostructural to ZIF-8 but built from the mixed linkers of 2-methylimidazole (L1) and 2-trifluoromethylimidazole (L2) (ZIF-318 = [(Zn(L1)(L2)](n)). The synthesis has been optimized to proceed without ZnO-formation. Using only the L2 linker under solvothermal conditions afforded ZnO-embedded in the H-bonded and non-porous coordination polymer ZnO@[Zn-2(L2)(2)(HCOO)(OH)](n). The slight differences in the size of the substituents (-CH3 vs. -CF3) possibly in combination with different electronic inductive effects led to small but significant changes to the pore size and properties respectively, though the effective pore opening (aperture) size of ZIF-318 remained the same in comparison with ZIF-8. ZIF-318 is chemically (boiling water, methanol, benzene, and wide pH range at room temperature for 1 day), thermally (up to 310 degrees C) stable, and more hydrophobic than ZIF-8 which is proven by contact angle measurement. ZIF-318 can be activated for N-2, CO2, CH4, H-2, ethane, ethane, propane, and propene gases sorptions. Consequently, in breakthrough experiments, the ethane/ethene mixtures can be separated.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HovestadtBendtMondaletal.2017,
  author    = {Hovestadt, Maximilian and Bendt, Stephan and Mondal, Suvendu Sekhar and Behrens, Karsten and Reif, Florian and Dopken, Merle and Holdt, Hans-J{\"u}rgen and Keil, Frerich J. and Hartmann, Martin},
  title     = {Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of the Influence of Different Linker Molecules in Imidazolate Frameworks Potsdam (IFP-n) on the Separation of Olefin-Paraffin Mixtures},
  series = {Langmuir},
  volume    = {33},
  journal   = {Langmuir},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0743-7463},
  doi       = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02016},
  pages     = {11170 -- 11179},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Four metal organic frameworks with similar topology but different chemical environment inside the pore structure, namely, IFP-1, IFP-3, IFP-5, and IFP-7, have been investigated with respect to the separation potential for olefin paraffin mixtures as well as the influence of the different linkers on adsorption properties using experiments and Monte Carlo simulations. All IFP structures show a higher adsorption of ethane compared to ethene with the exception of IFP-7 which shows no selectivity in breakthrough experiments. For propane/propane separation, all adsorbents show a higher adsorption for the olefin. The experimental results agree quite well with the simulated values except for the IFP-7, which is presumably due to the flexibility of the structure. Moreover, the experimental and simulated isotherms were confirmed with breakthrough experiments that render IFP-1, IFP-3, and IFP-5 as suitable for the purification of ethene from ethane.},
  language  = {en}
}