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Cover Image, Volume 115, Issue 20
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.25001
Subject(s) - neon , cover (algebra) , atom (system on chip) , volume (thermodynamics) , chemistry , crystallography , physics , nanotechnology , computer science , materials science , atomic physics , thermodynamics , engineering , mechanical engineering , argon , embedded system
Porous 3D metal‐organic frameworks containing infinite chains of Sr n and Ba n rectangles have been synthesized and their structures determined. The bonding and reactivity have been analyzed. On page 1501 (DOI: 10.1002/qua.24970 ), Subhajit Mandal et al. have found from simulations that a neon atom can fit selectively into a pore inside the crystal structure, with the size of the cavity being mostly responsible for the observed selectivity over other noble gases. It is reasonable to assume that multiple neon atoms can be accommodated inside the full crystal and so the present systems could potentially be useful as filters to separate neon from gas mixtures.