Click-chemistry polymer membranes for hydrocarbon mixture fractionation

Nature Materials, Published online: 28 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41563-023-01684-0

Polymers made by click chemistry with spirocyclic building blocks form membranes that separate the components of crude oil based on molecular size and type, potentially using far less energy than distillation. Key enablers of this separation are moderate levels of polymer dynamic motion and frustrated chain packing.Nature Materials, Published online: 28 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41563-023-01684-0Polymers made by click chemistry with spirocyclic building blocks form membranes that separate the components of crude oil based on molecular size and type, potentially using far less energy than distillation. Key enablers of this separation are moderate levels of polymer dynamic motion and frustrated chain packing. Read More