Issue 89, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Investigation of the terahertz vibrational modes of ZIF-8 and ZIF-90 with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy†

Nicholas Y. Tan,a   Michael T. Ruggiero,b   Claudia Orellana-Tavra,a   Tian Tian,a   Andrew D. Bond,c   Timothy M. Korter,b   David Fairen-Jimenez ORCID logo a  and  J. Axel Zeitler ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, UK
E-mail: jaz22@cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 1223 334783

b Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 111 College Place, Syracuse, New York, USA

c Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK

Abstract

We present experimental and computational evidence that gate-opening modes for zeolitic imidazole frameworks can be observed at terahertz frequencies. Our work highlights the critical importance to correctly optimise the crystal structure prior to computational lattice dynamics analysis. The results support the hypothesis that the low energy vibrational modes do indeed play a significant role in host–guest interactions for ZIFs, such as gas loading.

Graphical abstract: Investigation of the terahertz vibrational modes of ZIF-8 and ZIF-90 with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC06455D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Aug 2015
Accepted
25 Aug 2015
First published
25 Aug 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 16037-16040

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Investigation of the terahertz vibrational modes of ZIF-8 and ZIF-90 with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

N. Y. Tan, M. T. Ruggiero, C. Orellana-Tavra, T. Tian, A. D. Bond, T. M. Korter, D. Fairen-Jimenez and J. Axel Zeitler, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 16037 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC06455D

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