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Ferroelectric switchable behavior through fast reversible de/adsorption of water spirals in a chiral 3D metal-organic
Xi-Yan Dong1, Bo Li, Bin-Bin Ma
1College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 9, 2013
Abstract:
A polar homochiral 3D MOF [{Co2(L)(bpe)(H2O)}·5H2O]n constructed with cobalt(II) and a new ligand N-(1,3-dicarboxy-5-benzyl)-carboxymethylglycine (H4L) accommodates ordered helical water streams in its helical grooves. It provides the first example of switchable ferroelectric and optical behavior through two-step reversible single-crystal to single-crystal transformation (SCSC) upon desorption/adsorption of water spirals and coordinated water molecules, respectively.
