Hydrocarbon separation is one of the most critically important and complex industrial
separation processes, offering versatile bulk chemicals and vital support to the national …

This Minireview focuses on the developments of the adsorptive separation of
methane/nitrogen, ethene/ethane, propene/propane mixtures as well as on the separation of …

The separation and purification of xylene isomers is an industrially important but challenging
process. Developing highly efficient adsorbents is crucial for the implementation of …

Industrial-scale thermal separation processes have contributed greatly to the rise in carbon
dioxide emissions. Porous materials, such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), can …

The xylene isomers p-xylene, o-xylene, and m-xylene are aromatic hydrocarbons
comprising with two methyl groups located at different positions on a benzene ring. The …

The energy-efficient separation of alkylaromatic compounds is a major industrial
sustainability challenge. The use of selectively porous extended frameworks, such as …

Hydrocarbon separations are crucial to the chemical industry for the production of valuable
feedstocks. However, their structural and chemical similarities have proven daunting …

The separation of organic liquid mixtures by organic solvent reverse osmosis (OSRO)
technology is promising owing to the high energy-efficiency. This article presents an …

The separation of xylene isomers (para-, meta-, orth-) remains a great challenge in the
petrochemical industry due to their similar molecular structure and physical properties …

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) or porous coordination polymers (PCPs) are defined as
crystalline, open, coordination network architectures with potential voids. They have drawn …