Structure of Liquids inside Metal Organic Frameworks

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We aim to perform a preliminary study on the structure of two molecular liquids confined inside the metal organic framework (MOF) copper(II)-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (Cu-BTC). MOFs are receiving much interest in the literature since they are showing promise as gas adsorbers, separators, and sequestrators, with potential uses spanning hydrogen fuel cells, carbon dioxide capture, catalysis etc. However, the adsorption and structuring of molecular liquids inside MOF pores receives comparitively little attention, despite the potential uses of these materials in catalysis and separations technology. Initially, we will begin by resolving the structure of two common liquids, benzene and cyclohexane, inside Cu-BTC. Once established, there is considerable potential for the in situ neutron study of these materials for separations and functional catalytic materials.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.42594589
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/42594589
Provenance
Creator Dr Thomas Sheppard; Dr Tristan Youngs; Dr Jillian Thompson; Professor Stuart James
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-10-21T23:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-10-25T23:00:00Z