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Juan Ignacio Tirado1, Jose Valero1, Partha Pratim Das2
1Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain.
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A pure open-framework germanate material is obtained using an organic structure directing agent (OSDA) prepared by a photochemically induced[2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction. The structure of this new material, named ITQ-35, is determined by combining precession electron diffraction tomography (PEDT) and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) methods. This material presents tridirectional 8-ring pores connected by 12-ring channels, with one of the lowest framework densities reported until now for a pure germania zeolitic material (12.7 T/1000 Å3), and similar to that of the aluminogermanate PKU-9.
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