A novel ZIF-8-CMC hybrid material was fabricated from the hybridization of ZIF-8 and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) by impregnation method for n-hexane/3-methylpentane separation.The surface properties of ZIF-8 were tailored by introducing CMC into ZIF-8 nanoparticles.In this work,adsorption separation of n-hexane (nHEX) and 3-methylpentane (3MP) on ZIF-8-CMC were investigated by batch vapor-phase adsorption and liquid-phase breakthrough adsorption.The adsorption selectivity of nHEX/3MP reversed from preferable adsorption of nHEX to preferable adsorption of 3MP upon the increasing of CMC containing in the hybrid materials.As the temperature increases,the adsorption amounts ofnHEX and 3MP decrease.With the increasing of CMC contents,the nHEX uptake decreased,the uptake capacity of 3MP increased gradually.For liquid-phase breakthrough adsorption,the dynamic adsorption capacity of nHEX also decreased with the increasing of temperature.