Kinetic gate-opening process in a flexible porous coordination polymer

Daisuke Tanaka, Keiji Nakagawa, Masakazu Higuchi, Satoshi Horike, Yoshiki Kubota, Tatsuo C. Kobayashi, Masaki Takata, Susumu Kitagawa

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Abstract

(Graph Presented) Open the gate! A porous coordination polymer shows abrupt changes in its adsorption isotherm with guest-dependent gate-opening pressure (see picture). Kinetic analysis reveals that adsorption with structure transformation follows a gate-opening model, in which adsorption proceeds through the formation of an intermediate by a gate-opening process. This process provides a significant difference in onset pressure between similar gas molecules.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3914-3918
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume47
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008 May 13

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Coordination polymers
  • Kinetics
  • Microporous materials
  • Phase transition

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