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Synthesis of Zeolites Using the ADOR Assembly-Disassembly-Organization-Reassembly Route
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Two Zeolitic Open-Framework Aluminoborates Directed by Similar Zn-Complexes.
Qi Wei1, Jia-Jia Wang1, Jie Zhang1
1MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081, China.
Inorganic Chemistry
|May 20, 2017
Summary
Researchers synthesized two novel aluminoborates using unique metal complexes with mixed amines. One material shows promising nonlinear optical properties for UV applications.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Crystallography
Background:
- Zeolitic open-framework aluminoborates (ABOs) are important functional materials.
- Structure-directing agents (SDAs) play a crucial role in ABO synthesis.
- Metal complexes with mixed amines are uncommon as SDAs in ABOs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To synthesize novel 3D zeolitic open-framework aluminoborates (ABOs).
- To explore the use of a metal complex with mixed amines as a structure-directing agent.
- To investigate the structural and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of the synthesized materials.
Main Methods:
- Solvothermal synthesis.
- Single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
- Nonlinear optical (NLO) property measurements.
Main Results:
- Two novel 3D ABOs, [Zn(ma)(en)2][AlB5O10] (1) and [Zn(ma)(en)2][AlB6O11(OH)] (2), were synthesized using a metal complex with mixed amines (methylamine and ethylenediamine) as SDAs.
- Compound 1 exhibits a 4-connected cag topology with pentaborate clusters.
- Compound 2 displays a noncentrosymmetric framework with helical channels and a dia topology, showing a second-harmonic generation (SHG) response of ~1.9 × KH2PO4 and a short UV cutoff.
Conclusions:
- The successful synthesis demonstrates the potential of metal complexes with mixed amines as SDAs for ABOs.
- Compound 2 is a promising candidate for UV nonlinear optical applications due to its SHG response and UV transparency.
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