Metal–organic network-forming glasses

N Ma, S Horike - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The crystal–liquid–glass phase transition of coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic
frameworks (MOFs) offers attractive opportunities as a new class of amorphous materials …

A review on the vitrification of metal coordination compounds and their photonic applications

MA Ali, X Liu, J Qiu - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2022 - Elsevier
The vitrification of metal coordination compounds (MCC) leads to the emerging of a new
family of glass with unique structures and properties. In this review, we discuss the recent …

The glass transition in the high-density amorphous Zn/Co-ZIF-4

Z Du, A Qiao, H Zhou, Z Li, WMW Winters… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The high-density amorphous phases (HDAs) of bimetallic zeolitic imidazolate frameworks
(Zn/Co-ZIF-4) were prepared. The temperature dependence of the isobaric heat capacity …

Recent progress of amorphous and glassy coordination polymers

Z Yu, L Tang, N Ma, S Horike, W Chen - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the amorphous state of crystalline coordination polymers (CPs)
constructed from metal ions and molecular bridging ligands via coordination bonds, has …

Order-to-Disorder Transition in a Zirconium-Based Metal–Organic Framework

WMW Winters, C Zhou, J Hou, M Diaz-Lopez… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
DUT-67 is a Zr-based metal–organic framework (MOF) that incorporates thiophene
dicarboxylic acid linkers. In this study, we observed that DUT-67 underwent a striking …

The atomic structure and mechanical properties of ZIF-4 under high pressure: ab Initio calculations

Z Shi, K Weng, N Li - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The effects of pressure on the structural and electronic properties and the ionic configuration
of ZIF-4 were investigated through the first-principles method based on the density functional …

Phase diagram of ZIF-4 from computer simulations

E Méndez, R Semino - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Well-tempered metadynamics simulations are employed to explore the phase diagram of ZIF-
4, a porous crystalline metal–organic framework of industrial relevance. Despite the vast …

Fabrication of durable superhydrophobic stainless steel mesh with nano/micro flower-like morphologies for self-cleaning and efficient oil/water separation

C Xu, Y Luo, L Zhou, Y Bi, H Sun - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2022 - Springer
How to fabricate durable superhydrophobic materials for cyclic oil/water separation to solve
oil-induced pollutions is still a problem. Herein, we fabricated a durable Superhydrophobic …

[HTML][HTML] Structural integrity, meltability, and variability of thermal properties in the mixed-linker zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-62

V Nozari, C Calahoo, L Longley, TD Bennett… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Metal–organic framework (MOF) glasses have emerged as a new class of melt-quenched
glasses; however, so far, all MOF glass production has remained at lab-scale; future …

Impact of 1-methylimidazole on crystal formation, phase transitions, and glass formation in a zeolitic imidazolate framework

Y Yu, A Qiao, AM Bumstead, TD Bennett… - Crystal Growth & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We show that 1-methylimidazole (1-MeIm) can act as a modulator for the synthesis of the
zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-4 [Zn (Im) 2], since it affects the particle size, size …