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Chem Commun (Camb)
; 52(18): 3639-42, 2016 Mar 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26845644
ABSTRACT
The gate-opening phenomenon in ZIFs is of paramount importance to understand their behavior in industrial molecular separations. Here we show for the first time using in situ inelastic neutron scattering (INS) the swinging of the -CH3 groups and the imidazolate linkers in the prototypical ZIF-8 and ZIF-8@AC hybrid materials upon exposure to mild N2 pressure.
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Chem Commun (Camb)
; 51(75): 14191-4, 2015 Sep 28.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26256926
ABSTRACT
One of the main concerns in the technological application of several metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) relates to their structural instability under pressure (after a conforming step). Here we report for the first time that mechanical instability can be highly improved via nucleation and growth of MOF nanocrystals in the confined nanospace of activated carbons.
