Modular metal-organic frameworks unlock customizable high-performance membranes

(Nanowerk News) Membrane-based separation technologies offer major advantages over conventional processes like distillation in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact. However, current membrane materials still face limitations in their ability to achieve highly selective separations at industrially viable flux rates. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged over the past two decades as an exciting new class of ultra-porous materials with potential to overcome these challenges. But translating their exceptional molecular sieving properties into…