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Ghojavand S, Dib E, Mintova S. Flexibility in zeolites: origin, limits, and evaluation. Chem Sci 2023; 14:12430-12446. [PMID: 38020361 PMCID: PMC10646982 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03934j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Numerous pieces of evidence in the literature suggest that zeolitic materials exhibit significant intrinsic flexibility as a consequence of the spring-like behavior of Si-O and Al-O bonds and the distortion ability of Si-O-Si and Al-O-Si angles. Understanding the origin of flexibility and how it may be tuned to afford high adsorption selectivity in zeolites is a big challenge. Zeolite flexibility may be triggered by changes in temperature, pressure, or chemical composition of the framework and extra-framework compounds, as well as by the presence of guest molecules. Therefore, zeolite flexibility can be classified into three categories: (i) temperature and pressure-induced flexibility; (ii) guest-induced flexibility; and (iii) compositionally-induced flexibility. An outlook on zeolite flexibility and the challenges met during the precise experimental evaluations of zeolites will be discussed. Overcoming these challenges will provide an important tool for designing novel selective adsorbents.
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- Sajjad Ghojavand
- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie (LCS) 14000 Caen France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie (LCS) 14000 Caen France
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- Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie (LCS) 14000 Caen France
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Mechanistic correlation between water infiltration and framework hydrophilicity in MFI zeolites. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18429. [PMID: 31804543 PMCID: PMC6895097 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54751-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Hydrophobic zeolites are nanoporous materials that are attracting an increasing interest, especially for catalysis, desalination, energy storage and biomedical applications. Nevertheless, a more profound understanding and control of water infiltration in their nanopores is still desirable to rationally design zeolite-based materials with tailored properties. In this work, both atomistic simulations and previous experimental data are employed to investigate water infiltration in hydrophobic MFI zeolites with different concentration of hydrophilic defects. Results show that limited concentrations of defects (e.g. 1%) induce a change in the shape of infiltration isotherms (from type-V to type-I), which denotes a sharp passage from typical hydrophobic to hydrophilic behavior. A correlation parametrized on both energy and geometric characteristics of the zeolite (infiltration model) is then adopted to interpolate the infiltration isotherms data by means of a limited number of physically-meaningful parameters. Finally, the infiltration model is combined with the water-zeolite interaction energy computed by simulations to correlate the water intrusion mechanism with the atomistic details of the zeolite crystal, such as defects concentration, distribution and hydrophilicity. The suggested methodology may allow a faster (more than one order of magnitude) and more systematic preliminary computational screening of innovative zeolite-based materials for energy storage, desalination and biomedical purposes.
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Dubbeldam D, Walton KS, Vlugt TJH, Calero S. Design, Parameterization, and Implementation of Atomic Force Fields for Adsorption in Nanoporous Materials. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.201900135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- David Dubbeldam
- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamScience Park 904 1098XH Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology311 Ferst Dr. NW Atlanta GA 30332‐0100 USA
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- Delft University of TechnologyProcess & Energy DepartmentLeeghwaterstraat 39 2628CB Delft The Netherlands
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- Department of PhysicalChemical and Natural SystemsUniversity Pablo de OlavideSevilla 41013 Spain
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Alarcos N, Cohen B, Ziółek M, Douhal A. Photochemistry and Photophysics in Silica-Based Materials: Ultrafast and Single Molecule Spectroscopy Observation. Chem Rev 2017; 117:13639-13720. [PMID: 29068670 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Silica-based materials (SBMs) are widely used in catalysis, photonics, and drug delivery. Their pores and cavities act as hosts of diverse guests ranging from classical dyes to drugs and quantum dots, allowing changes in the photochemical behavior of the confined guests. The heterogeneity of the guest populations as well as the confinement provided by these hosts affect the behavior of the formed hybrid materials. As a consequence, the observed reaction dynamics becomes significantly different and complex. Studying their photobehavior requires advanced laser-based spectroscopy and microscopy techniques as well as computational methods. Thanks to the development of ultrafast (spectroscopy and imaging) tools, we are witnessing an increasing interest of the scientific community to explore the intimate photobehavior of these composites. Here, we review the recent theoretical and ultrafast experimental studies of their photodynamics and discuss the results in comparison to those in homogeneous media. The discussion of the confined dynamics includes solvation and intra- and intermolecular proton-, electron-, and energy transfer events of the guest within the SBMs. Several examples of applications in photocatalysis, (photo)sensors, photonics, photovoltaics, and drug delivery demonstrate the vast potential of the SBMs in modern science and technology.
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- Noemí Alarcos
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha , Avenida Carlos III, S.N., 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha , Avenida Carlos III, S.N., 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Quantum Electronics Laboratory, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University , Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and INAMOL, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha , Avenida Carlos III, S.N., 45071 Toledo, Spain
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Burtch NC, Jasuja H, Walton KS. Water Stability and Adsorption in Metal–Organic Frameworks. Chem Rev 2014; 114:10575-612. [DOI: 10.1021/cr5002589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1621] [Impact Index Per Article: 162.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nicholas C. Burtch
- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Kolokathis PD, Pantatosaki E, Gatsiou CA, Jobic H, Papadopoulos GK, Theodorou DN. Dimensionality reduction of free energy profiles of benzene in silicalite-1: calculation of diffusion coefficients using transition state theory. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2013.840895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Panagiotis D. Kolokathis
- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, GR-15780, Athens, Greece
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, GR-15780, Athens, Greece
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, GR-15780, Athens, Greece
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- Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l' Environnement de Lyon, CNRS, 2 av. Albert Einstein, 69626, Villeurbanne, France
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, GR-15780, Athens, Greece
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou Campus, GR-15780, Athens, Greece
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Leppäjärvi T, Malinen I, Korelskiy D, Hedlund J, Tanskanen J. Maxwell–Stefan Modeling of Ethanol and Water Unary Pervaporation through a High-Silica MFI Zeolite Membrane. Ind Eng Chem Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ie400814z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Tiina Leppäjärvi
- Department
of Process and Environmental Engineering, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department
of Process and Environmental Engineering, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Chemical
Technology, Luleå University of Technology, SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden
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- Chemical
Technology, Luleå University of Technology, SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden
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- Department
of Process and Environmental Engineering, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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Cazade PA, Bordat P, Baraille I, Brown R, Smith W, Todorov I. DL_POLY_2 adaptations for solvation studies. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2010.517531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- P.-A. Cazade
- a Institut pluridisciplinaire de recherche sur l'environnement et les matériaux, UMR 5254 du C.N.R.S. et de l'Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour , Avenue Pierre Angot, 64053, Pau Cedex, France
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- a Institut pluridisciplinaire de recherche sur l'environnement et les matériaux, UMR 5254 du C.N.R.S. et de l'Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour , Avenue Pierre Angot, 64053, Pau Cedex, France
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- a Institut pluridisciplinaire de recherche sur l'environnement et les matériaux, UMR 5254 du C.N.R.S. et de l'Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour , Avenue Pierre Angot, 64053, Pau Cedex, France
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- a Institut pluridisciplinaire de recherche sur l'environnement et les matériaux, UMR 5254 du C.N.R.S. et de l'Université de Pau et des pays de l'Adour , Avenue Pierre Angot, 64053, Pau Cedex, France
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- b Computational Science and Engineering Department, S.T.F.C. Daresbury Laboratory , Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, Cheshire, UK
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- b Computational Science and Engineering Department, S.T.F.C. Daresbury Laboratory , Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD, Cheshire, UK
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