Issue 10, 2016

Structural flexibility in crystallized matter: from history to applications

Abstract

The large reversible flexibility of hybrid crystallized matter is relatively new. After briefly recalling the history of this discovery, the article will analyze the different parameters influencing this phenomenon. They relate first to the various structural characteristics of the framework, in both its inorganic and organic parts. The influence of the energies of the guest–guest and host–guest interactions is then analyzed. Once the reasons are explained, a third section will be devoted to the various physical properties of these flexible solids. The last section concerns recent industrial applications of this family of solids.

Graphical abstract: Structural flexibility in crystallized matter: from history to applications

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
10 set 2015
Accepted
21 out 2015
First published
22 out 2015

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 4073-4089

Author version available

Structural flexibility in crystallized matter: from history to applications

G. Férey, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 4073 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03547C

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