Continuous negative-to-positive tuning of thermal expansion achieved by controlled gas sorption in porous coordination frameworks
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Date
2018-11-19
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Springer Nature
Abstract
Control of the thermomechanical properties of functional materials is of great fundamental and technological significance, with the achievement of zero or negative thermal expansion behavior being a key goal for various applications. A dynamic, reversible mode of control is demonstrated for the first time in two Prussian blue derivative frameworks whose coefficients of thermal expansion are tuned continuously from negative to positive values by varying the concentration of adsorbed CO2. A simple empirical model that captures site-specific guest contributions to the framework expansion is derived, and displays excellent agreement with the observed lattice behaviour. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Materials, Porous materials, Porosity, Thermal expansion, Sorption, Carbon dioxide
Citation
Auckett, J. E., Barkhordarian, A. A., Ogilvie, S. H., Duyker, S. G., Chevreau, H., Peterson, V. K., & Kepert, C. J. (2018). Continuous negative-to-positive tuning of thermal expansion achieved by controlled gas sorption in porous coordination frameworks. Nature Communications, 9(1), 1-5. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06850-6