Peng Bai

TL;DR: A nanocrystal-seeded growth method triggered by a single rotational intergrowth is used to synthesize high-aspect-ratio MFI nanosheets with a thickness of 5 nanometres (2.5 unit cells), which allow the fabrication of thin and defect-free coatings that effectively cover porous substrates.

TL;DR: Through a series of electrochemical, computational, kinetic, and empirical experiments, the key mechanistic features of this reaction have been unraveled, leading to a second generation set of conditions that is applicable to a broad range of aryl halides and amine nucleophiles.

TL;DR: In this paper, a number of sorbents for boron removal from aqueous solutions are reviewed, including chelating resins, activated carbon, fly ash and industrial waste materials, natural materials, oxides and hydroxides, layered double hydroxide, new type inorganic Sorbents and complexing membranes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effects of organic solvent mixtures with water on the kinetics of acid-catalysed dehydration reactions of relevance to biomass conversion, and demonstrated that the understanding of these solvation effects can be employed to optimize the rate and selectivity for production of the biomass platform molecule hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose.

TL;DR: A review of recent advances in the separation of xylene isomers can be found in this paper, including adsorption, membrane, and chromatographic separation techniques, and their performance and selectivity combined with mechanisms of separation are discussed.