Porous Liquids: A Promising Class of Media for Gas Separation

Abstract

A porous liquid containing empty cavities has been successfully fabricated by surface engineering of hollow structures with suitable corona and canopy species. By taking advantage of the liquid‐like polymeric matrices as a separation medium and the empty cavities as gas transport pathway, this unique porous liquid can function as a promising candidate for gas separation. Moreover, such a facile synthetic strategy can be further extended to the fabrication of other types of nanostructure‐based porous liquid, opening up new opportunities for preparation of porous liquids with attractive properties for specific tasks.