Porosity in metal-organic framework glasses

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Mar 7;52(19):3750-3. doi: 10.1039/c5cc10072k.

Abstract

The porosity of a glass formed by melt-quenching a metal-organic framework, has been characterized by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. The results reveal porosity intermediate between the related open and dense crystalline frameworks ZIF-4 and ZIF-zni. A structural model for the glass was constructed using an amorphous polymerization algorithm, providing additional insight into the gas-inaccessible nature of porosity and the possible applications of hybrid glasses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't