Exceptionally low shear modulus in a prototypical imidazole-based metal-organic framework.

Using Brillouin scattering, we measured the single-crystal elastic constants (C(ij)'s) of a prototypical metal-organic framework (MOF): zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF)-8 [Zn(2-methylimidazolate)(2)], which adopts a zeolitic sodalite topology and exhibits large porosity. Its C(ij)'s un...

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Main Authors: Tan, J, Civalleri, B, Lin, C, Valenzano, L, Galvelis, R, Chen, P, Bennett, T, Mellot-Draznieks, C, Zicovich-Wilson, C, Cheetham, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012