Porous Liquids

多孔液体是QUB最近发明的一种新型材料。它们结合了联合收割机的永久多孔性，一种通常只与固体有关的性质，和液体的流动性。因此，它们最终可以找到许多应用，例如在气体分离过程中。在这个项目中，多孔液体的范围将大大扩大。特别是，第一次孔将使用氢键相互作用而不是共价化学原位自组装。这种方法可能在易于合成方面提供显著的优势。它还开辟了新的可能性，例如由气态客人触发的孔的自组装。

Porous liquids are a new type of material recently invented at QUB. They combine permanent porosity, a property normally only associated with solids, with the fluidity of liquids. As such they may ultimately find a number of applications such as in gas separation processes. In this project the scope of porous liquids will be significantly expanded. In particular, for the first time the pores will be self-assembled in situ using hydrogen bonding interactions rather than covalent chemistry. This approach potentially offer significant advantages in ease of synthesis. It also opens up new possibilities such as self-assembly of pores triggered by gaseous guests.