Issue 10, 2012
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Chemical Communications

The effect of pressure on Cu-btc: framework compression vs. guest inclusion†‡

Alexander J. Graham,a   Jin-Chong Tan,b   David R. Allanc  and  Stephen A. Moggach*a  

* Corresponding authors

a EaStChem School of Chemistry and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, UK
E-mail: smoggach@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Tel: +441316504806

b Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

c Diamond Light Source, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK

Abstract

Here we present detailed structural data on the effect of high pressure on Cu-btc. Application of pressure causes solvent to be squeezed into the pores until a phase transition occurs, driven by the sudden compression and expansion of equatorial and axial Cu–O bonds.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC16045A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Sep 2011
Accepted
02 Nov 2011
First published
22 Nov 2011

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 1535-1537

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The effect of pressure on Cu-btc: framework compression vs. guest inclusion

A. J. Graham, J. Tan, D. R. Allan and S. A. Moggach, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1535 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC16045A

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