Skip to content
Tech News
← Back to articles

High-fidelity identification of guest species in porous materials

read original get Porous Material Guest Analyzer → more articles
Why This Matters

Advances in high-resolution imaging and characterization techniques are transforming our understanding of guest-host interactions within porous materials, enabling precise identification of guest species and their dynamics. These developments are crucial for designing more efficient catalysts, sensors, and separation processes, directly impacting industries such as energy, environmental monitoring, and chemical manufacturing.

Key Takeaways

Li, Z. et al. Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy. Nat. Chem. 12, 764–772 (2020).

Antypov, D. et al. Differential guest location by host dynamics enhances propylene/propane separation in a metal-organic framework. Nat. Commun. 11, 6099 (2020).

Yanai, N. et al. Gas detection by structural variations of fluorescent guest molecules in a flexible porous coordination polymer. Nat. Mater. 10, 787–793 (2011).

Shen, B. et al. Atomic spatial and temporal imaging of local structures and light elements inside zeolite frameworks. Adv. Mater. 32, 1906103 (2020).

Liu, L. et al. Direct imaging of atomically dispersed molybdenum that enables location of aluminum in the framework of zeolite ZSM-5. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 819–825 (2020).

Cram, D. J. The design of molecular hosts, guests, and their complexes. Science 240, 760–767 (1988).

Jayapaul, J. et al. Hyper-CEST NMR of metal organic polyhedral cages reveals hidden diastereomers with diverse guest exchange kinetics. Nat. Commun. 13, 1708 (2022).

Chen, G.-Y. et al. Revealing unconventional host–guest complexation at nanostructured interface by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Light: Sci. Appl. 10, 85 (2021).

Cho, J. et al. EMM-25: the structure of two-dimensional 11 × 10 medium-pore borosilicate zeolite unraveled using 3D electron diffraction. Chem. Mater. 33, 4146–4153 (2021).

Chen, Q. et al. Imaging beam-sensitive materials by electron microscopy. Adv. Mater. 32, 1907619 (2020).

... continue reading