Designing and understanding permanent microporosity in liquids

Gavin Melaugh, Nicola Giri, Christine E. Davidson, Stuart L. James, Mario G. Del Pópolo
2014 Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP  
Cage-like molecules generate pure liquids with built-in microporosity. A high-melting cage (a) is rendered fluid by functionalization with long hydrocarbon chains (b).
doi:10.1039/c4cp00582a pmid:24722729 fatcat:c3swd6igorbllkwpdqexuap2ge