Gas sorption and separation in porous materials is dependent on the host–guest binding within any given system. Now, the molecular details of cooperative binding between small hydrocarbons and a metal–organic framework, NOTT-300, at multiple sites have been elucidated by complementary scattering and diffraction techniques. This material is also capable of separating C1 and C2 hydrocarbons under ambient conditions.
- Sihai Yang
- Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta
- Martin Schröder
