The petrol industry recognizes the importance of para-xylene, given its many uses in everyday products, from plastic soda bottles to polyester fiber. The challenge is that xylenes travel in threes and ...

UNIST and Hanyang University researchers have developed a novel porous material capable of high-purity separation of xylene isomers at room temperature. This breakthrough promises to significantly ...

Commercial xylene is synthesized from petroleum and obtained from the destructive distillation of coal tar. Both products are mixtures of three isomers. Commercial xylene frequently contains ...