Chemically routed interpore molecular diffusion in metal-organic framework thin films
Abstract Transport diffusivity of molecules in a porous solid is constricted by the rate at which molecules move from one pore to the other, along the concentration gradient, i.e. by following Fickian diffusion. In heterogeneous porous materials, i.e. in the presence of pores of different sizes and...
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| author | Tanmoy Maity Pratibha Malik Sumit Bawari Soumya Ghosh Jagannath Mondal Ritesh Haldar |
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| description | Abstract Transport diffusivity of molecules in a porous solid is constricted by the rate at which molecules move from one pore to the other, along the concentration gradient, i.e. by following Fickian diffusion. In heterogeneous porous materials, i.e. in the presence of pores of different sizes and chemical environments, diffusion rate and directionality remain tricky to estimate and adjust. In such a porous system, we have realized that molecular diffusion direction can be orthogonal to the concentration gradient. To experimentally determine this complex diffusion rate dependency and get insight of the microscopic diffusion pathway, we have designed a model nanoporous structure, metal-organic framework (MOF). In this model two chemically and geometrically distinct pore windows are spatially oriented by an epitaxial, layer-by-layer growth method. The specific design of the nanoporous channels and quantitative mass uptake rate measurements have indicated that the mass uptake is governed by the interpore diffusion along the direction orthogonal to the concentration gradient. This revelation allows chemically carving the nanopores, and accelerating the interpore diffusion and kinetic diffusion selectivity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ddbc134bf26422d8072b977dd13ae6e2023-04-23T11:22:04ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-04-011411810.1038/s41467-023-37739-8Chemically routed interpore molecular diffusion in metal-organic framework thin filmsTanmoy Maity0Pratibha Malik1Sumit Bawari2Soumya Ghosh3Jagannath Mondal4Ritesh Haldar5Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, GopanpallyTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, GopanpallyTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, GopanpallyTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, GopanpallyTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, GopanpallyTata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, GopanpallyAbstract Transport diffusivity of molecules in a porous solid is constricted by the rate at which molecules move from one pore to the other, along the concentration gradient, i.e. by following Fickian diffusion. In heterogeneous porous materials, i.e. in the presence of pores of different sizes and chemical environments, diffusion rate and directionality remain tricky to estimate and adjust. In such a porous system, we have realized that molecular diffusion direction can be orthogonal to the concentration gradient. To experimentally determine this complex diffusion rate dependency and get insight of the microscopic diffusion pathway, we have designed a model nanoporous structure, metal-organic framework (MOF). In this model two chemically and geometrically distinct pore windows are spatially oriented by an epitaxial, layer-by-layer growth method. The specific design of the nanoporous channels and quantitative mass uptake rate measurements have indicated that the mass uptake is governed by the interpore diffusion along the direction orthogonal to the concentration gradient. This revelation allows chemically carving the nanopores, and accelerating the interpore diffusion and kinetic diffusion selectivity.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37739-8 |
| spellingShingle | Tanmoy Maity Pratibha Malik Sumit Bawari Soumya Ghosh Jagannath Mondal Ritesh Haldar Chemically routed interpore molecular diffusion in metal-organic framework thin films Nature Communications |
| title | Chemically routed interpore molecular diffusion in metal-organic framework thin films |
| title_full | Chemically routed interpore molecular diffusion in metal-organic framework thin films |
| title_fullStr | Chemically routed interpore molecular diffusion in metal-organic framework thin films |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chemically routed interpore molecular diffusion in metal-organic framework thin films |
| title_short | Chemically routed interpore molecular diffusion in metal-organic framework thin films |
| title_sort | chemically routed interpore molecular diffusion in metal organic framework thin films |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37739-8 |
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