Microimaging of transient guest profiles to monitor mass transfer in nanoporous materials

• Published in: Nature materials Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 333 - 343
• Main Authors: Kärger, Jörg, Binder, Tomas, Chmelik, Christian, Hibbe, Florian, Krautscheid, Harald, Krishna, Rajamani, Weitkamp, Jens
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/166/898; 639/301/299/921; 639/301/357/404; Biomaterials; Coefficients; Condensed Matter Physics; Diffusion; Diffusion barriers; Effectiveness; Mass transfer; Matching; Materials Science; Microscopy; Molecules; Monitors; Nanostructure; Nanostructured materials; Nanotechnology; Optical and Electronic Materials; progress-article; Scientific imaging; Separation processes; Thermal energy; Walls

Microimaging techniques, such as interference and infrared microscopy, can be used as a tool to directly monitor guest profiles within nanoporous materials. Observation of the variation in these profiles leads to unprecedented insight into transport phenomena, including intracrystalline diffusion an...