It's a great day for a #MyFirstChemSci! In our new paper led by grad student Bevan Whitehead, we show that a fluorophilic Zn-based metal–organic framework shows a very large selectivity for CF4 adsorption over N2... just not in the way we thought it might. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
Although adsorption has only previously been seen within the fluorine-lined channels, we found that small guests - including CF4 - can access the corrugated channels between arene rings, which at their widest points are just large enough to adsorb CF4... albeit very slowly.
@BarnettLabUR Congratulations on your #MyFirstChemSci 🥳
@BarnettLabUR @RunOfThePhill Interesting work 🙌🏻
@BarnettLabUR Congratulations guys 🎉🎉🎉 Beautiful work!!!
@BarnettLabUR Congratulations to the whole team!!