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ReviewAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2026

Crystal Engineering of Reticular Materials for Gas- and Liquid-Phase Hydrocarbon Separation.

Xia Li, Soumya Mukherjee, Michael J Zaworotko

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Review in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Xia LiCollege of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8046-394X
Soumya MukherjeeDepartment of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute and Research Ireland Centre for Pharmaceuticals (SSPC), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2375-7009
Michael J ZaworotkoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute and Research Ireland Centre for Pharmaceuticals (SSPC), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1360-540X

Funding

European Research Council ADG 885695Research Ireland 16/IA/4624Research Ireland 21/PATH-S/9454Research Ireland IRCLA/2019/167Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre 12/RC/2275_P2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crystal engineering focuses upon the design, properties, and applications of crystals, whereas reticular chemistry involves linking molecular building blocks to create network structures. The intersection of these areas is evident in the number of systematic studies of structure/function relationships concerning porous coordination networks (PCNs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs). PCNs and COFs are inherently modular in nature and therefore amenable to systematic fine-tuning of both pore size and chemistry in a manner that is infeasible for other classes of porous solid. This review highlights how this exquisite control over pore size and chemistry has enabled the development of a new generation of physisorbents that are effective in the context of industrially relevant hydrocarbon (HC) separations. The motivation behind such reticular sorbents is the need to replace today's energy-intensive HC separation methods with more sustainable alternatives. Physisorbents are attractive in this context as they can offer the high selectivity needed for trace removal of impurities along with relatively low energy of recycling. This review details how crystal engineering strategies offer precise control of pore size and chemistry to enable HC selectivity to reach hitherto unprecedented levels. Nevertheless, despite these property advances, challenges remain to be addressed before commercial adoption becomes feasible.

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adsorptive separationbinding sitescoordination networkscrystal engineeringhydrocarbonsreticular materials

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PMID41670916
PMCPMC12994366

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