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Published on: April 3, 2016
Reversible pressure-induced amorphization of a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-4)
Thomas D Bennett1, Petra Simoncic, Stephen A Moggach
1Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK, CB2 3QZ.
Abstract:
We report the reversible pressure-induced amorphization of a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-4, [Zn(Im)(2)]). This occurs irrespective of pore occupancy and takes place via a novel high pressure phase (ZIF-4-I) when solvent molecules are present in the pores. A significant reduction in bulk modulus upon framework evacuation is also observed for both ZIF-4 and ZIF-4-I.

