Very Large Swelling in Hybrid Frameworks: A Combined Computational and Powder Diffraction Study

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Abstract

Using a combination of simulations and powder diffraction, we report here the study of the very large swelling of a three-dimensional nanoporous iron(III) carboxylate (MIL-88) which exhibits almost a reversible doubling (approximately 85%) of its cell volume while fully retaining its open-framework topology. The crystal structure of the open form of MIL-88 has been successfully refined and indicates that atomic displacements larger than 4 angstroms are observed when water or various alcohols are adsorbed in the porous structure, revealing an unusually flexible crystallized framework. X-ray thermodiffractometry shows that only a displacive transition occurs during the swelling phenomenon, ruling out any bond breaking.

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