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Unveiling the Mechanism of Water‐Triggered Diplex Transformation and Correlating the Changes in Structures and Separation Properties
Author(s) -
Cao LiHui,
Wei YongSheng,
Xu Hong,
Zang ShuangQuan,
Mak Thomas C. W.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201503154
Subject(s) - dissolution , materials science , adsorption , amorphous solid , transformation (genetics) , recrystallization (geology) , chemical engineering , chemical physics , crystallography , lattice (music) , crystal structure , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , gene , biochemistry , physics , paleontology , biology , acoustics
Recently, great attention has been devoted to the initial and final structures of single‐crystal to single‐crystal (SCSC) transformations and dissolution‐recrystallization structural transformations (DRSTs), whereas the isolation and characterization of crucial intermediates and the unequivocal mechanism of the dynamic conversion process receive comparatively little consideration. Herein, a Cu II ‐based porous coordination polymer (PCP), which possesses a Kagomé lattice, is solvothermally synthesized. Triggered by water, the 2D Kagomé lattice (PCP‐1) primarily undergoes a reversible SCSC transformation to a distorted Kagomé intermediate (PCP‐2), which is followed by a DRST process to form a 3D NbO framework (PCP‐3) in situ. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a mixed SCSC and DRST transformation process. Notably, the sequential transformations result in the formation of the intermediate and the final product, which could not be obtained by direct synthesis. Regarding the intermediate, we have characterized the transformation separately and propose a plausible mechanism. More interestingly, the adsorption isotherms of water, methanol, and ethanol for the activated materials are distinctly different from one another. PCP‐2′ can uptake all three vapors with different adsorption capacities; however, the 3D transformed material PCP‐3′ only significantly absorbs water, which is concomitant with an amorphous‐to‐crystalline transformation, leading to the selective extraction of water from alcohol.

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