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Selective recovery of dynamic guest structure in a nanoporous prussian blue through in situ X-ray diffraction: a
Karena W Chapman1, Peter J Chupas, Cameron J Kepert
1School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Abstract:
We use in situ X-ray diffraction to obtain data suitable for differential PDF analysis, providing unique insight into the structure of weakly bound, dynamic N2 molecules in the Prussian blue system Mn3[Co(CN)6]2.x{N2}. The differential PDF shows a distributed orientation of N2 molecules constrained to sites centered about the (1/4,1/4,1/4) positions within the pores. The results show a subtle response of the framework to guest loading which corresponds principally to the perturbation of the Mn ion coordination.
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