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SUBMITTER: Hunt SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4304274 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
CrystEngComm 20141014 2
The metal-organic framework copper(i) tricyanomethanide, Cu(tcm), undergoes a ferroelastic transition on cooling below <i>T</i><sub>f</sub> = 240 K. Thermal expansion measurements reveal an order-of-magnitude variation in framework flexibility across <i>T</i><sub>f</sub>. The low-temperature phase α-Cu(tcm) exhibits colossal positive and negative thermal expansion that is the strongest ever reported for a framework material. On exposure to acetonitrile, Cu(tcm) undergoes a reconstructive solid-p ...[more]