Water cluster in hydrophobic crystalline porous covalent organic frameworks

Research on water confinement in small hydrophobic pores remains scarce because of a preconception that small hydrophobic pores repulse water molecules. Here, the authors demonstrate water confinement across hydrophobic microporous channels in crystalline covalent organic frameworks.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ke Tian Tan, Shanshan Tao, Ning Huang, Donglin Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27128-4