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Gu Y, Zheng JJ, Otake KI, Sakaki S, Ashitani H, Kubota Y, Kawaguchi S, Yao MS, Wang P, Wang Y, Li F, Kitagawa S. Soft corrugated channel with synergistic exclusive discrimination gating for CO 2 recognition in gas mixture. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4245. [PMID: 37454124 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39470-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Developing artificial porous systems with high molecular recognition performance is critical but very challenging to achieve selective uptake of a particular component from a mixture of many similar species, regardless of the size and affinity of these competing species. A porous platform that integrates multiple recognition mechanisms working cooperatively for highly efficient guest identification is desired. Here, we designed a flexible porous coordination polymer (PCP) and realised a corrugated channel system that cooperatively responds to only target gas molecules by taking advantage of its stereochemical shape, location of binding sites, and structural softness. The binding sites and structural deformation act synergistically, exhibiting exclusive discrimination gating (EDG) effect for selective gate-opening adsorption of CO2 over nine similar gas molecules, including N2, CH4, CO, O2, H2, Ar, C2H6, and even higher-affinity gases such as C2H2 and C2H4. Combining in-situ crystallographic experiments with theoretical studies, it is clear that this unparalleled ability to decipher the CO2 molecule is achieved through the coordination of framework dynamics, guest diffusion, and interaction energetics. Furthermore, the gas co-adsorption and breakthrough separation performance render the obtained PCP an efficient adsorbent for CO2 capture from various gas mixtures.
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- Yifan Gu
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, 200092, Shanghai, China
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physical Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan
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- Department of Physical Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Insitute (JASRI), SPring-8, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, 679-5198, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, 200092, Shanghai, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, 200092, Shanghai, China.
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
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Miura H, Bon V, Senkovska I, Ehrling S, Bönisch N, Mäder G, Grünzner S, Khadiev A, Novikov D, Maity K, Richter A, Kaskel S. Spatiotemporal Design of the Metal-Organic Framework DUT-8(M). ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2207741. [PMID: 36349824 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Switchable metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) change their structure in time and selectively open their pores adsorbing guest molecules, leading to highly selective separation, pressure amplification, sensing, and actuation applications. The 3D engineering of MOFs has reached a high level of maturity, but spatiotemporal evolution opens a new perspective toward engineering materials in the 4th dimension (time) by t-axis design, in essence exploiting the deliberate tuning of activation barriers. This work demonstrates the first example in which an explicit temporal engineering of a switchable MOF (DUT-8, [M1 M2 (2,6-ndc)2 dabco]n , 2,6-ndc = 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate, dabco = 1,4diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, M1 = Ni, M2 = Co) is presented. The temporal response is deliberately tuned by variations in cobalt content. A spectrum of advanced analytical methods is presented for analyzing the switching kinetics stimulated by vapor adsorption using in situ time-resolved techniques ranging from ensemble adsorption and advanced synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments to individual crystal analysis. A novel analysis technique based on microscopic observation of individual crystals in a microfluidic channel reveals the lowest limit for adsorption switching reported so far. Differences in the spatiotemporal response of crystal ensembles originate from an induction time that varies statistically and widens characteristically with increasing cobalt content reflecting increasing activation barriers.
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- Hiroki Miura
- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
- Nippon Steel Corporation, 20-1 Shintomi, Futtsu, Chiba, 293-8511, Japan
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- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- 3P INSTRUMENTS GmbH & Co. KG, Branch office Leipzig, Bitterfelder Str. 1-5, 04129, Leipzig, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute of Materials and Beam Technology, Wintergerbstr. 28, 01277, Dresden, Germany
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- Professur Mikrosystemtechnik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- P23 group, Petra III Synchrotron, DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- P23 group, Petra III Synchrotron, DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Professur Mikrosystemtechnik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry I, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute of Materials and Beam Technology, Wintergerbstr. 28, 01277, Dresden, Germany
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Borgmans S, Rogge SMJ, De Vos JS, Van Der Voort P, Van Speybroeck V. Exploring the phase stability in interpenetrated diamondoid covalent organic frameworks. Commun Chem 2023; 6:5. [PMID: 36698041 PMCID: PMC9822923 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-022-00808-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Soft porous crystals, which are responsive to external stimuli such as temperature, pressure, or gas adsorption, are being extensively investigated for various technological applications. However, while substantial research has been devoted to stimuli-responsive metal-organic frameworks, structural flexibility in 3D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) remains ill-understood, and is almost exclusively found in COFs exhibiting the diamondoid (dia) topology. Herein, we systemically investigate how the structural decoration of these 3D dia COFs-their specific building blocks and degree of interpenetration-as well as external triggers such as temperature and guest adsorption may promote or suppress their phase transformations, as captured by a collection of 2D free energy landscapes. Together, these provide a comprehensive understanding of the necessary conditions to design flexible diamondoid COFs. This study reveals how their flexibility originates from the balance between steric hindrance and dispersive interactions of the structural decoration, thereby providing insight into how new flexible 3D COFs can be designed.
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- Sander Borgmans
- grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM), Ghent University, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 46, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM), Ghent University, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 46, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM), Ghent University, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 46, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Center for Ordered Materials, Organometallics and Catalysis (COMOC), Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S3), 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM), Ghent University, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 46, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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A contemporary report on explications of flexible metal-organic frameworks with regards to structural simulation, dynamics and material applications. Polyhedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2022.116041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hydrocarbon Sorption in Flexible MOFs—Part I: Thermodynamic Analysis with the Dubinin-Based Universal Adsorption Theory (D‑UAT). NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12142415. [PMID: 35889636 PMCID: PMC9317873 DOI: 10.3390/nano12142415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The analysis of empirical sorption equilibrium datasets is still vital to gain insights into material–property relationships as computational methods remain in development, especially for complex materials such as flexible MOFs. Therefore, the Dubinin-based universal adsorption theory (D-UAT) was revisited and evaluated as a simple visualization, analysis, and prediction tool for sorption equilibrium data. Within the theory, gas properties are normalized into corresponding states using the critical temperatures of the respective sorptives. The study shows theoretically and experimentally that the D-UAT is able to condense differences of sorption data visualized in reduced Dubinin plots to just three governing parameters: (a) the accessible pore volume, (b) the reduced enthalpy of sorption, and (c) the framework’s reduced free energy differences (in case of flexible behavior). This makes the theory a fast visualization and analysis tool, the use as a prediction tool depends on rough assumptions, and thus is not recommended.
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Floyd JE, Lukes JR. A neural network-assisted open boundary molecular dynamics simulation method. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:184114. [PMID: 35568556 DOI: 10.1063/5.0083198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A neural network-assisted molecular dynamics method is developed to reduce the computational cost of open boundary simulations. Particle influxes and neural network-derived forces are applied at the boundaries of an open domain consisting of explicitly modeled Lennard-Jones atoms in order to represent the effects of the unmodeled surrounding fluid. Canonical ensemble simulations with periodic boundaries are used to train the neural network and to sample boundary fluxes. The method, as implemented in the LAMMPS, yields temperature, kinetic energy, potential energy, and pressure values within 2.5% of those calculated using periodic molecular dynamics and runs two orders of magnitude faster than a comparable grand canonical molecular dynamics system.
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- J E Floyd
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Many of the proposed applications of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials may fail to materialize if the community does not fully address the difficult fundamental work needed to map out the 'time gap' in the literature - that is, the lack of investigation into the time-dependent behaviours of MOFs as opposed to equilibrium or steady-state properties. Although there are a range of excellent investigations into MOF dynamics and time-dependent phenomena, these works represent only a tiny fraction of the vast number of MOF studies. This Review provides an overview of current research into the temporal evolution of MOF structures and properties by analysing the time-resolved experimental techniques that can be used to monitor such behaviours. We focus on innovative techniques, while also discussing older methods often used in other chemical systems. Four areas are examined: MOF formation, guest motion, electron motion and framework motion. In each area, we highlight the disparity between the relatively small amount of (published) research on key time-dependent phenomena and the enormous scope for acquiring the wider and deeper understanding that is essential for the future of the field.
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Wang SQ, Mukherjee S, Zaworotko MJ. Spiers Memorial Lecture: Coordination networks that switch between nonporous and porous structures: an emerging class of soft porous crystals. Faraday Discuss 2021; 231:9-50. [PMID: 34318839 DOI: 10.1039/d1fd00037c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Coordination networks (CNs) are a class of (usually) crystalline solids typically comprised of metal ions or cluster nodes linked into 2 or 3 dimensions by organic and/or inorganic linker ligands. Whereas CNs tend to exhibit rigid structures and permanent porosity as exemplified by most metal-organic frameworks, MOFs, there exists a small but growing class of CNs that can undergo extreme, reversible structural transformation(s) when exposed to gases, vapours or liquids. These "soft" or "stimuli-responsive" CNs were introduced two decades ago and are attracting increasing attention thanks to two features: the amenability of CNs to design from first principles, thereby enabling crystal engineering of families of related CNs; and the potential utility of soft CNs for adsorptive storage and separation. A small but growing subset of soft CNs exhibit reversible phase transformations between nonporous (closed) and porous (open) structures. These "switching CNs" are distinguished by stepped sorption isotherms coincident with phase transformation and, perhaps counterintuitively, they can exhibit benchmark properties with respect to working capacity (storage) and selectivity (separation). This review addresses fundamental and applied aspects of switching CNs through surveying their sorption properties, analysing the structural transformations that enable switching, discussing structure-function relationships and presenting design principles for crystal engineering of the next generation of switching CNs.
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- Shi-Qiang Wang
- Bernal Institute, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Republic of Ireland.
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- Bernal Institute, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Republic of Ireland. .,Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Bernal Institute, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Republic of Ireland.
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The Faraday Discussion on Cooperative Phenomena in Framework Materials took place online on 13-16 October 2020. At this unique meeting, there were impressive presentations and stimulating discussions on the current state and future direction of cooperative phenomena in framework materials, particularly flexible metal-organic frameworks or porous coordination polymers. This article aims to highlight the presentations and achievements at the meeting, and also discuss personal perspectives on the fundamental challenges for future exploration in this vibrant field.
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- Jianwen Jiang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576, Singapore.
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Watkins D, Roseveare TM, Warren MR, Thompson SP, Fletcher AJ, Brammer L. Multi-stimulus linear negative expansion of a breathing M(O2CR)4-node MOF. Faraday Discuss 2021; 225:133-151. [DOI: 10.1039/d0fd00089b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Quartz-type MOF (Me2NH2)2[Cd(NO2BDC)2] (SHF-81) exhibits anisotropic breathing behaviour as single crystals in response to multiple stimuli.
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- Daniel Watkins
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Sheffield
- Sheffield S3 7HF
- UK
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- Diamond Light Source
- Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Didcot
- UK
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
- University of Strathclyde
- Glasgow G1 1XJ
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Sheffield
- Sheffield S3 7HF
- UK
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Greenaway RL, Jelfs KE. High-Throughput Approaches for the Discovery of Supramolecular Organic Cages. Chempluschem 2020; 85:1813-1823. [PMID: 32833311 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The assembly of complex molecules, such as organic cages, can be achieved through supramolecular and dynamic covalent strategies. Their use in a range of applications has been demonstrated, including gas uptake, molecular separations, and in catalysis. However, the targeted design and synthesis of new species for particular applications is challenging, particularly as the systems become more complex. High-throughput computation-only and experiment-only approaches have been developed to streamline the discovery process, although are still not widely implemented. Additionally, combined hybrid workflows can dramatically accelerate the discovery process and lead to the serendipitous discovery and rationalisation of new supramolecular assemblies that would not have been designed based on intuition alone. This Minireview focuses on the advances in high-throughput approaches that have been developed and applied in the discovery of supramolecular organic cages.
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- Rebecca L Greenaway
- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, White City Campus, Wood Lane, London, W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, White City Campus, Wood Lane, London, W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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Evans JD, Bon V, Senkovska I, Lee HC, Kaskel S. Four-dimensional metal-organic frameworks. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2690. [PMID: 32483346 PMCID: PMC7264271 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16527-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Recognising timescale as an adjustable dimension in porous solids provides a new perspective to develop novel four-dimensional framework materials. The deliberate design of three-dimensional porous framework architectures is a developed field; however, the understanding of dynamics in open frameworks leaves a number of key questions unanswered: What factors determine the spatiotemporal evolution of deformable networks? Can we deliberately engineer the response of dynamic materials along a time-axis? How can we engineer energy barriers for the selective recognition of molecules? Answering these questions will require significant methodological development to understand structural dynamics across a range of time and length scales.
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- Jack D Evans
- Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstrasse 66, 01062, Dresden, Germany.
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Gu Y, Zheng J, Otake K, Sugimoto K, Hosono N, Sakaki S, Li F, Kitagawa S. Structural‐Deformation‐Energy‐Modulation Strategy in a Soft Porous Coordination Polymer with an Interpenetrated Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:15517-15521. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Yifan Gu
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Tongji University Siping Rd 1239 200092 Shanghai China
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry Kyoto University Takano Nishihiraki-cho 34-4, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8103 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry Kyoto University Takano Nishihiraki-cho 34-4, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8103 Japan
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Tongji University Siping Rd 1239 200092 Shanghai China
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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Gu Y, Zheng J, Otake K, Sugimoto K, Hosono N, Sakaki S, Li F, Kitagawa S. Structural‐Deformation‐Energy‐Modulation Strategy in a Soft Porous Coordination Polymer with an Interpenetrated Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Yifan Gu
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Tongji University Siping Rd 1239 200092 Shanghai China
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry Kyoto University Takano Nishihiraki-cho 34-4, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8103 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry Kyoto University Takano Nishihiraki-cho 34-4, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8103 Japan
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Tongji University Siping Rd 1239 200092 Shanghai China
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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Coudert FX, Evans JD. Nanoscale metamaterials: Meta-MOFs and framework materials with anomalous behavior. Coord Chem Rev 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Elucidation of flexible metal-organic frameworks: Research progresses and recent developments. Coord Chem Rev 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Tanaka H, Miyahara MT. Free energy calculations for adsorption-induced deformation of flexible metal–organic frameworks. Curr Opin Chem Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Confinement of molecules in one dimensional arrays of channel-shaped cavities has led to technologically interesting materials. However, the interactions governing the supramolecular aggregates still remain obscure, even for the most common guest molecule: water. Herein, we use computational chemistry methods (#compchem) to study the water organization inside two different channel-type environments: zeolite L – a widely used matrix for inclusion of dye molecules, and ZLMOF – the closest metal-organic-framework mimic of zeolite L. In ZLMOF, the methyl groups of the ligands protrude inside the channels, creating nearly isolated nanocavities. These cavities host well-separated ring-shaped clusters of water molecules, dominated mainly by water-water hydrogen bonds. ZLMOF provides arrays of “isolated supramolecule” environments, which might be exploited for the individual confinement of small species with interesting optical or catalytic properties. In contrast, the one dimensional channels of zeolite L contain a continuous supramolecular structure, governed by the water interactions with potassium cations and by water-water hydrogen bonds. Water imparts a significant energetic stabilization to both materials, which increases with the water content in ZLMOF and follows the opposite trend in zeolite L. The water network in zeolite L contains an intriguing hypercoordinated structure, where a water molecule is surrounded by five strong hydrogen bonds. Such a structure, here described for the first time in zeolites, can be considered as a water pre-dissociation complex and might explain the experimentally detected high proton activity in zeolite L nanochannels.
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- Ettore Fois
- Department of Science and High Technology and INSTM , Università degli Studi dell’Insubria , Via Valleggio 11 , I-22100 Como , Italy
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- Department of Science and High Technology and INSTM , Università degli Studi dell’Insubria , Via Valleggio 11 , I-22100 Como , Italy
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Petkov PS, Bon V, Hobday CL, Kuc AB, Melix P, Kaskel S, Düren T, Heine T. Conformational isomerism controls collective flexibility in metal-organic framework DUT-8(Ni). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:674-680. [PMID: 30542683 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06600k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are coordination networks with organic ligands containing potential voids. Some MOFs show pronounced structural flexibility that may result in closing and re-opening these pores. Here, we show that collective flexibility in a MOF-DUT-8(Ni) - is controlled by conformational isomerism. DUT-8(Ni), a pillared-layer MOF with Ni2 paddle-wheels, dabco pillars and naphthalene dicarboxylate (ndc) linkers, can crystallize in many conformational isomers that depend on the orientation of the non-linear ndc linkers with respect to each other. While the open form is compatible with several of these conformations, only one of them, with alternating linker orientations, is stable as the closed form. We show, by means of first principles calculations, that in the stable closed form, the appreciable lattice strain is compensated by London-dispersion forces between the ndc linkers that arrange with maximum overlap in a stacking order similar to the stacking in graphite. We substantiate these results by well-tempered metadynamics calculations on the DFT-based Born-Oppenheimer potential energy surface, by refined X-ray diffraction data and by nitrogen adsorption data obtained by experiment and grand-canonical Monte-Carlo simulations based on the DFT-optimized and PXRD-derived geometries. While the reported origin of flexibility cannot be generalized to all flexible MOFs, it offers a rational design concept of folding mechanisms in switchable MOFs by exploitation of the stabilization effect of linker stacking in the closed form.
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- Petko St Petkov
- University of Sofia, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, 1126, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Sturluson A, Huynh MT, Kaija AR, Laird C, Yoon S, Hou F, Feng Z, Wilmer CE, Colón YJ, Chung YG, Siderius DW, Simon CM. The role of molecular modelling and simulation in the discovery and deployment of metal-organic frameworks for gas storage and separation. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2019; 45:10.1080/08927022.2019.1648809. [PMID: 31579352 PMCID: PMC6774364 DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2019.1648809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly tuneable, extended-network, crystalline, nanoporous materials with applications in gas storage, separations, and sensing. We review how molecular models and simulations of gas adsorption in MOFs have informed the discovery of performant MOFs for methane, hydrogen, and oxygen storage, xenon, carbon dioxide, and chemical warfare agent capture, and xylene enrichment. Particularly, we highlight how large, open databases of MOF crystal structures, post-processed to enable molecular simulations, are a platform for computational materials discovery. We discuss how to orient research efforts to routinise the computational discovery of MOFs for adsorption-based engineering applications.
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- Arni Sturluson
- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea (South)
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- Western Oregon University. Department of Chemistry, Monmouth, OR, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea (South)
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- Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR, USA
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Zheng JJ, Kusaka S, Matsuda R, Kitagawa S, Sakaki S. Theoretical Insight into Gate-Opening Adsorption Mechanism and Sigmoidal Adsorption Isotherm into Porous Coordination Polymer. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:13958-13969. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jia-Jia Zheng
- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Nishi-hiraki cho, Takano, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Nishi-hiraki cho, Takano, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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Greenaway RL, Santolini V, Bennison MJ, Alston BM, Pugh CJ, Little MA, Miklitz M, Eden-Rump EGB, Clowes R, Shakil A, Cuthbertson HJ, Armstrong H, Briggs ME, Jelfs KE, Cooper AI. High-throughput discovery of organic cages and catenanes using computational screening fused with robotic synthesis. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2849. [PMID: 30030426 PMCID: PMC6054661 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05271-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Supramolecular synthesis is a powerful strategy for assembling complex molecules, but to do this by targeted design is challenging. This is because multicomponent assembly reactions have the potential to form a wide variety of products. High-throughput screening can explore a broad synthetic space, but this is inefficient and inelegant when applied blindly. Here we fuse computation with robotic synthesis to create a hybrid discovery workflow for discovering new organic cage molecules, and by extension, other supramolecular systems. A total of 78 precursor combinations were investigated by computation and experiment, leading to 33 cages that were formed cleanly in one-pot syntheses. Comparison of calculations with experimental outcomes across this broad library shows that computation has the power to focus experiments, for example by identifying linkers that are less likely to be reliable for cage formation. Screening also led to the unplanned discovery of a new cage topology-doubly bridged, triply interlocked cage catenanes.
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- R L Greenaway
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, 51 Oxford Street, Liverpool, L7 3NY, UK.
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Chen W, Fan R, Wang P, Dong Y, Yang Y. Multifunctional Lanthanide-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks with a Polyheterotopic Ligand: Doped with Ytterbium(III) for Luminescence Enhancement and Selective Dye Adsorption. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:2126-2134. [PMID: 29923686 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The chemistry of metal-organic frameworks has been progressing fast with its exciting potential in multifunctional applications. A series of three-dimensional lanthanide-based metal-organic frameworks, {[Ln(HTPO)(NO3 )(H2 O)]⋅x(CH3 CN)⋅y(H2 O)}n (Ln=Eu (1), Tb (2), Gd (3), Sm (4), Dy (5), Nd (6)), {[Eu(TPO)(HCOO)0.5 ]⋅(H3 O)0.5 }n (7), {[Eu(TPO)(DMF)]⋅(solv)x }n (8; DMF= N,N-dimethylformamide), and {[Eu(TPO)(DMA)]⋅(solv)x }n (9; DMA=dimethylacetamide) were synthesized with semirigid C3 -symmetric ligand tris(4-carboxylphenyl)phosphine oxide (H3 TPO). In these frameworks, the H3 TPO ligand exists in a totally different configuration. Framework 1 exhibits good breathing properties for absorbing more guest molecules through a solvent-induced single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SC-SC) transformation involving a configuration transformation of the organic linker in the framework. The ytterbium ion was doped into 1 to improve the luminescent performance (lifetime and quantum yield) of the red europium emission. Among a series of Eu1-x Ybx TPO samples, Eu0.88 Yb0.12 TPO showed enhanced luminescence intensity (≈5.1 times that of the pure europium system), and the lifetime increased from 1073.08 to 1236.57 μs. Moreover, the porosity of these frameworks allows them to efficiently adsorb dye molecules with high selectivity and efficiency.
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- Wei Chen
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for, New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. of China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for, New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. of China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for, New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. of China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for, New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. of China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for, New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. of China
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Vanduyfhuys L, Vandenbrande S, Wieme J, Waroquier M, Verstraelen T, Van Speybroeck V. Extension of the QuickFF force field protocol for an improved accuracy of structural, vibrational, mechanical and thermal properties of metal-organic frameworks. J Comput Chem 2018; 39:999-1011. [PMID: 29396847 PMCID: PMC5947575 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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QuickFF was originally launched in 2015 to derive accurate force fields for isolated and complex molecular systems in a quick and easy way. Apart from the general applicability, the functionality was especially tested for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of hybrid materials consisting of organic and inorganic building blocks. Herein, we launch a new release of the QuickFF protocol which includes new major features to predict structural, vibrational, mechanical and thermal properties with greater accuracy, without compromising its robustness and transparent workflow. First, the ab initio data necessary for the fitting procedure may now also be derived from periodic models for the molecular system, as opposed to the earlier cluster-based models. This is essential for an accurate description of MOFs with one-dimensional metal-oxide chains. Second, cross terms that couple internal coordinates (ICs) and anharmonic contributions for bond and bend terms are implemented. These features are essential for a proper description of vibrational and thermal properties. Third, the fitting scheme was modified to improve robustness and accuracy. The new features are tested on MIL-53(Al), MOF-5, CAU-13 and NOTT-300. As expected, periodic input data are proven to be essential for a correct description of structural, vibrational and thermodynamic properties of MIL-53(Al). Bulk moduli and thermal expansion coefficients of MOF-5 are very accurately reproduced by static and dynamic simulations using the newly derived force fields which include cross terms and anharmonic corrections. For the flexible materials CAU-13 and NOTT-300, the transition pressure is accurately predicted provided cross terms are taken into account. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Louis Vanduyfhuys
- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM), Ghent UniversityTechnologiepark903, 9052ZwijnaardeBelgium
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM), Ghent UniversityTechnologiepark903, 9052ZwijnaardeBelgium
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM), Ghent UniversityTechnologiepark903, 9052ZwijnaardeBelgium
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM), Ghent UniversityTechnologiepark903, 9052ZwijnaardeBelgium
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM), Ghent UniversityTechnologiepark903, 9052ZwijnaardeBelgium
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Empty spaces are abhorred by nature, which immediately rushes in to fill the void. Humans have learnt pretty well how to make ordered empty nanocontainers, and to get useful products out of them. When such an order is imparted to molecules, new properties may appear, often yielding advanced applications. This review illustrates how the organized void space inherently present in various materials: zeolites, clathrates, mesoporous silica/organosilica, and metal organic frameworks (MOF), for example, can be exploited to create confined, organized, and self-assembled supramolecular structures of low dimensionality. Features of the confining matrices relevant to organization are presented with special focus on molecular-level aspects. Selected examples of confined supramolecular assemblies - from small molecules to quantum dots or luminescent species - are aimed to show the complexity and potential of this approach. Natural confinement (minerals) and hyperconfinement (high pressure) provide further opportunities to understand and master the atomistic-level interactions governing supramolecular organization under nanospace restrictions.
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- Gloria Tabacchi
- Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, Via Valleggio, 9 I-22100, Como, Italy
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Hajek J, Caratelli C, Demuynck R, De Wispelaere K, Vanduyfhuys L, Waroquier M, Van Speybroeck V. On the intrinsic dynamic nature of the rigid UiO-66 metal-organic framework. Chem Sci 2018; 9:2723-2732. [PMID: 29732056 PMCID: PMC5911970 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04947a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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UiO-66 is a showcase example of an extremely stable metal-organic framework, which maintains its structural integrity during activation processes such as linker exchange and dehydration. The framework can even accommodate a substantial number of defects without compromising its stability. These observations point to an intrinsic dynamic flexibility of the framework, related to changes in the coordination number of the zirconium atoms. Herein we follow the dynamics of the framework in situ, by means of enhanced sampling molecular dynamics simulations such as umbrella sampling, during an activation process, where the coordination number of the bridging hydroxyl groups capped in the inorganic Zr6(μ3-O)4(μ3-OH)4 brick is reduced from three to one. Such a reduction in the coordination number occurs during the dehydration process and in other processes where defects are formed. We observe a remarkable fast response of the system upon structural changes of the hydroxyl group. Internal deformation modes are detected, which point to linker decoordination and recoordination. Detached linkers may be stabilized by hydrogen bonds with hydroxyl groups of the inorganic brick, which gives evidence for an intrinsic dynamic acidity even in the absence of protic guest molecules. Our observations yield a major step forward in the understanding on the molecular level of activation processes realized experimentally but that is hard to track on a purely experimental basis.
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- Julianna Hajek
- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM) , Ghent University , Technologiepark 903 , B-9052 Zwijnaarde , Belgium .
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM) , Ghent University , Technologiepark 903 , B-9052 Zwijnaarde , Belgium .
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM) , Ghent University , Technologiepark 903 , B-9052 Zwijnaarde , Belgium .
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM) , Ghent University , Technologiepark 903 , B-9052 Zwijnaarde , Belgium .
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM) , Ghent University , Technologiepark 903 , B-9052 Zwijnaarde , Belgium .
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM) , Ghent University , Technologiepark 903 , B-9052 Zwijnaarde , Belgium .
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- Center for Molecular Modeling (CMM) , Ghent University , Technologiepark 903 , B-9052 Zwijnaarde , Belgium .
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Morris RE, Brammer L. Coordination change, lability and hemilability in metal–organic frameworks. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:5444-5462. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00187h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Deformation or cleavage/reformation of metal–ligand bonds in MOFs lies at the heart of chemical/thermal stability and dynamic/flexible behaviour, provides avenues for post-synthetic modification, and can enable novel or improved performance for a variety of applications.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Sheffield
- Sheffield S3 7HF
- UK
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