Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layers

Kumar Varoon Agrawal; Berna Topuz; Tung Cao Thanh Pham; Thanh Huu Nguyen; Nicole Sauer; Neel Rangnekar; Han Zhang; Katabathini Narasimharao; Sulaiman Nasir Basahel; Lorraine F. Francis; Christopher W. Macosko; Shaeel Al-Thabaiti; Michael Tsapatsis; Kyung Byung Yoon

doi:10.1002/adma.201405893

Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layers

Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Berna Topuz, Tung Cao Thanh Pham, Thanh Huu Nguyen, Nicole Sauer, Neel Rangnekar, Han Zhang, Katabathini Narasimharao, Sulaiman Nasir Basahel, Lorraine F. Francis, Christopher W. Macosko, Shaeel Al-Thabaiti, Michael Tsapatsis, Kyung Byung Yoon

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

176 Scopus citations

Abstract

A zeolite membrane fabrication process combining 2D-zeolite nanosheet seeding and gel-free secondary growth is described. This process produces selective molecular sieve films that are as thin as 100 nm and exhibit record high permeances for xylene- and butane-isomers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3243-3249
Number of pages	7
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	27
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201405893
State	Published - Jun 1 2015

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords

butane and xylene isomer separation
secondary growth
zeolite membranes
zeolite nanosheets

How much support was provided by MRSEC?

Shared

Reporting period for MRSEC

Period 1

Access

10.1002/adma.201405893

OpenUrl availability

Full text

Cite this

Agrawal, K. V., Topuz, B., Pham, T. C. T., Nguyen, T. H., Sauer, N., Rangnekar, N., Zhang, H., Narasimharao, K., Basahel, S. N., Francis, L. F., Macosko, C. W., Al-Thabaiti, S., Tsapatsis, M., & Yoon, K. B. (2015). Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layers. Advanced Materials, 27(21), 3243-3249. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201405893

@article{412297beb4144c62a7e7a95b920aeab6,

title = "Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layers",

abstract = "A zeolite membrane fabrication process combining 2D-zeolite nanosheet seeding and gel-free secondary growth is described. This process produces selective molecular sieve films that are as thin as 100 nm and exhibit record high permeances for xylene- and butane-isomers.",

keywords = "butane and xylene isomer separation, secondary growth, zeolite membranes, zeolite nanosheets",

author = "Agrawal, {Kumar Varoon} and Berna Topuz and Pham, {Tung Cao Thanh} and Nguyen, {Thanh Huu} and Nicole Sauer and Neel Rangnekar and Han Zhang and Katabathini Narasimharao and Basahel, {Sulaiman Nasir} and Francis, {Lorraine F.} and Macosko, {Christopher W.} and Shaeel Al-Thabaiti and Michael Tsapatsis and Yoon, {Kyung Byung}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.",

year = "2015",

month = jun,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1002/adma.201405893",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "27",

pages = "3243--3249",

journal = "Advanced Materials",

issn = "0935-9648",

publisher = "Wiley-VCH Verlag",

number = "21",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layers

AU - Agrawal, Kumar Varoon

AU - Topuz, Berna

AU - Pham, Tung Cao Thanh

AU - Nguyen, Thanh Huu

AU - Sauer, Nicole

AU - Rangnekar, Neel

AU - Zhang, Han

AU - Narasimharao, Katabathini

AU - Basahel, Sulaiman Nasir

AU - Francis, Lorraine F.

AU - Macosko, Christopher W.

AU - Al-Thabaiti, Shaeel

AU - Tsapatsis, Michael

AU - Yoon, Kyung Byung

PY - 2015/6/1

Y1 - 2015/6/1

N2 - A zeolite membrane fabrication process combining 2D-zeolite nanosheet seeding and gel-free secondary growth is described. This process produces selective molecular sieve films that are as thin as 100 nm and exhibit record high permeances for xylene- and butane-isomers.

AB - A zeolite membrane fabrication process combining 2D-zeolite nanosheet seeding and gel-free secondary growth is described. This process produces selective molecular sieve films that are as thin as 100 nm and exhibit record high permeances for xylene- and butane-isomers.

KW - butane and xylene isomer separation

KW - secondary growth

KW - zeolite membranes

KW - zeolite nanosheets

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027950538&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85027950538&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/adma.201405893

DO - 10.1002/adma.201405893

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85027950538

SN - 0935-9648

VL - 27

SP - 3243

EP - 3249

JO - Advanced Materials

JF - Advanced Materials

IS - 21

ER -

Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layers

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

How much support was provided by MRSEC?

Reporting period for MRSEC

Access

OpenUrl availability

Other files and links

Fingerprint

MRSEC IRG-2: Sustainable Nanocrystal Materials

MRSEC Program

Cite this

Oriented MFI membranes by gel-less secondary growth of sub-100 nm MFI-nanosheet seed layers

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

How much support was provided by MRSEC?

Reporting period for MRSEC

Access

OpenUrl availability

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Projects

MRSEC IRG-2: Sustainable Nanocrystal Materials

MRSEC Program

Cite this