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Mechanical rigidity of a shape-memory metal-organic framework increases by crystal downsizing
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Mechanical rigidity of a shape-memory metal-organic framework increases by crystal downsizing

Al A Tiba, Matthew T Conway, Collin S Hill, Dale C Swenson, Leonard R MacGillivray and Alexei V Tivanski
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), Vol.57(1), pp.89-92
01/05/2021
DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05684g
PMID: 33305781

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Abstract

Soft porous nanocrystals with a pronounced shape-memory effect exhibit two- to three-fold increase in elastic modulus compared to the microcrystalline counterpart as determined by atomic force microscopy nanoindentation. The increase in rigidity is consistent with the known shape-memory effect displayed by the framework solid at the nanoscale. Crystal downsizing can offer new avenues for tailoring the mechanical properties of metal-organic frameworks.

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