For a more detailed story, see the full press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n
In a newly-published Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/b> paper, we \u2013 in collaboration with Prof. David Fairen-Jimenez from Cambridge University \u2013 report the synthesis of a unique Ni(II)-based cluster undergoing conditions-dependent self-assembly into robust porous functional frameworks. These results have been highlighted in a recent press release.<\/p>\n
This piece of research is centred around the [Ni10<\/sub>(\u03bc<\/i>6<\/sub>-CO3<\/sub>)4<\/sub>(L)12<\/sub>] cluster and its transformations into non-covalent functional mateerials: diamondoid WUT-1(Ni) and pyrite WUT-2(Ni). Remarkably, both materials exhibit excellent thermal and chemical stability under aerobic as well as aqueous conditions, and demonstrate interesting gas adsorption properties. WUT-1(Ni) exhibits one of the highest H2<\/sub> uptakes among NPMs. In turn, tighter voids of the ultramicroporous WUT-2(Ni) framework facilitate selective interactions with gas molecules, resulting in outstanding selectivity in the adsorption of CO2<\/sub> over CH4<\/sub> and N2<\/sub>. <\/p>\n For a more detailed story, see the full press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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