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Diffusion of benzene in the breathing metal-organic framework MIL-53(Cr) : A joint experimental-computational investigation. / Kolokolov, D. I.; Jobic, H.; Rives, S. et al.
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 119, No. 15, 16.04.2015, p. 8217-8225.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Diffusion of benzene in the breathing metal-organic framework MIL-53(Cr)
T2 - A joint experimental-computational investigation
AU - Kolokolov, D. I.
AU - Jobic, H.
AU - Rives, S.
AU - Yot, P. G.
AU - Ollivier, J.
AU - Trens, P.
AU - Stepanov, A. G.
AU - Maurin, G.
PY - 2015/4/16
Y1 - 2015/4/16
N2 - A combination of experimental (quasi-elastic neutron scattering and 2H NMR) and computational (molecular dynamics) tools was used to uncover the molecular mobility of benzene trapped inside the flexible channel-type MIL-53 (Cr3+) MOF. This material was shown to undergo a contraction of the structure upon benzene adsorption with the formation of a narrow pore phase with a smaller aperture. This confinement was found to strongly influence the dynamics of the guest: benzene diffuses in a region centered in the middle of the pore by a 1D-jump translational mechanism along the tunnel ruled by the presence of the μ2-OH groups present at the MOF pore wall. This translational diffusion is combined with a fast uniaxial rotational motion around the C6-axis. Any other rotational motion that involves the tumbling of the phenyl rings about the channel axis is much less probable due to a high activation energy barrier (49 kJ mol-1). In this way benzene can be pictured as a rotating disc that diffuses rapidly through the central part of the channel by short jumps between neighboring low energy basins located in the vicinity of the μ2-OH groups of the MIL-53 channels.
AB - A combination of experimental (quasi-elastic neutron scattering and 2H NMR) and computational (molecular dynamics) tools was used to uncover the molecular mobility of benzene trapped inside the flexible channel-type MIL-53 (Cr3+) MOF. This material was shown to undergo a contraction of the structure upon benzene adsorption with the formation of a narrow pore phase with a smaller aperture. This confinement was found to strongly influence the dynamics of the guest: benzene diffuses in a region centered in the middle of the pore by a 1D-jump translational mechanism along the tunnel ruled by the presence of the μ2-OH groups present at the MOF pore wall. This translational diffusion is combined with a fast uniaxial rotational motion around the C6-axis. Any other rotational motion that involves the tumbling of the phenyl rings about the channel axis is much less probable due to a high activation energy barrier (49 kJ mol-1). In this way benzene can be pictured as a rotating disc that diffuses rapidly through the central part of the channel by short jumps between neighboring low energy basins located in the vicinity of the μ2-OH groups of the MIL-53 channels.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01465
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01465
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928041179
VL - 119
SP - 8217
EP - 8225
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
SN - 1932-7447
IS - 15
ER -
ID: 23332065