Guest-dependent solid-state superstructure plasticity and its application to adsorptive benzene sieving
Ming Li, Qian Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, Serhii Vasylevskyi, Min-Sung Ko, Juan S. Cervantes, Feihe Huang, Jonathan L. Sessler · 2026
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Description
Ming Li and co-authors show crystals that change shape to suit their guests. Two ring shaped molecules flex as different guests settle in. Each guest locks the ring into its own pose, and the poses stack into distinct crystal forms. One ring's crystals then act as a sieve.
They pull benzene vapor out of benzene and cyclohexane blends with very high selectivity. The trick matters because the two liquids boil alike and resist normal separation. Spent crystals reset by shedding their guests, ready to sieve again. The sister ring instead grabs ball shaped carbon cages. The authors pitch such shape shifting solids as a design route for smart separations.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ming Li, Qian Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, Serhii Vasylevskyi, Min-Sung Ko, Juan S. Cervantes, Feihe Huang, Jonathan L. Sessler |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |