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Reversible and Irreversible Chemisorption in Nonporous‐Crystalline Hybrids
Author(s) -
SolisIbarra Diego,
Karunadasa Hemamala I.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201309786
Subject(s) - chemisorption , crystallinity , reactivity (psychology) , molecule , covalent bond , porous medium , chemistry , chemical engineering , hybrid material , porosity , materials science , nanotechnology , chemical physics , organic chemistry , adsorption , crystallography , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Abstract The tools of synthetic chemistry allow us to fine‐tune the reactivity of molecules at a level of precision not yet accessible with inorganic solids. We have investigated hybrids that couple molecules to the superior thermal and mechanical properties of solids. Herein we present, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of reactivity between hybrid perovskites and substrates. Reaction with iodine vapor results in a remarkable expansion of these materials (up to 36 % in volume) where new covalent CI bonds are formed with retention of crystallinity. These hybrids also show unusual examples of reversible chemisorption. Here, solid‐state interactions extend the lifetime of molecules that cannot be isolated in solution. We have tuned the half‐lives of the iodinated structures from 3 h to 3 days. These nonporous hybrids drive substrate capture and controlled release through chemical reactivity. We illustrate the strengths of the hybrid by considering radioactive iodine capture.