Technical Notes:

1. Use of ZIF-8 in the separation of alkanes, alkenes and aromatics

a.Separation of xylene isomers

Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 2013, 173, 1.

b. Separation of C6 Paraffins

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.. 2012, 51, 4692.

C. Effective se paration of propylene/propane binary mixtures

J. Membrane Sci.. 2012. 390-391, 93.

2. Use of ZIF-8 as a catalyst and catalyst-support

a.Catalytic activity of ZIF-8 in the synthesis of styrene carbonate

b.Chem. Commun.. 2013, 32, 36

Iridium nanoparticles stabilized by metal organic frameworks: synthesis, structural properties and catalytic performance Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 12690

c.Zeolitic imidazole frameworks: Catalysts in the conversion of carbon dioxide to chloropropene carbonate

. Catalysis, 2012, 2, 180

d. Expanding applications of metal-organic frameworks: zeolite imidazolate framework ZIF-8 as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the Knoevenagelreaction

ACS Catalysis, 2011, 1, 120.

3. Use of ZIF-8 in gas purification

a.MOF-containing mixed -matrix me mbranes for c 2/CH4 and CO2/N2 binary gas mixture separations

Sep. Purif. Technol., 2011, 81, 31.

b. Porous polyethersulfone supported Zeolitic Imidazolate F ramework Membranes for hydrogen separation

J. Phys. Chem. C.. 2012, 116, 13264.