Computational screening of porous organic molecules for xenon/krypton separation
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We performed a computational screening of previously reported porous molecular materials, including porous organic cages, cucurbiturils, cyclodextrins, and cryptophanes, for Xe/Kr separation. Our approach for rapid screening through analysis of single host molecules, rather than the solid state structure of the materials, is evaluated. We use a set of tools including in-house software for structural evaluations, electronic structure calculations for guest binding energies, and molecular dynamics and metadynamics simulations to study the effect of the hosts’ flexibility upon guest diffusion. Our final results confirm that the CC3 cage molecule, previously reported as high performing for Xe/Kr separation, is the most promising of this class of materials reported to date. The Noria molecule was also found to be promising, and we therefore synthesized two related Noria molecules and tested their performance for Xe/Kr separation in the laboratory.
Date Issued
2017-06-23
Date Acceptance
2017-06-01
Citation
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121 (28), pp.15211-15222
ISSN
1932-7447
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
15211
End Page
15222
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume
121
Issue
28
Copyright Statement
© 2017 American Chemical Society
Sponsor
The Royal Society
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
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Grant Number
UF120469
EP/M017257/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Physical
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
NANOPOROUS MATERIALS
GAS SEPARATIONS
CAGE COMPOUNDS
FORCE-FIELD
SOLID-STATE
NOBLE-GAS
CRYSTAL
XENON
FRAMEWORKS
COMPLEXES
Publication Status
Published