Bottleneck Effect Explained by Le Bail Refinements: Structure Transformation of Mg-CUK-1 by Confining H2O Molecules.
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SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Gonzalez E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7215401 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
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Bottleneck Effect Explained by Le Bail Refinements: Structure Transformation of Mg-CUK-1 by Confining H<sub>2</sub>O Molecules.
Sánchez-González Elí E Flores J Gabriel JG Flores-Reyes Julio C JC Morales-Salazar Ivette I Blanco-Carapia Roberto E RE Rincón-Guevara Mónica A MA Islas-Jácome Alejandro A González-Zamora Eduardo E Aguilar-Pliego Julia J Ibarra Ilich A IA
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20200414 8
The structure transformation of Mg-CUK-1 due to the confinement of H<sub>2</sub>O molecules was investigated. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) patterns were collected at different H<sub>2</sub>O loadings and the cell parameters of the H<sub>2</sub>O-loaded Mg-CUK-1 material were determined by the Le Bail strategy refinements. A bottleneck effect was observed when one hydrogen-bonded H<sub>2</sub>O molecule per unit cell (18% relative humidity (RH)) was confined within Mg-CUK-1, confirming the inc ...[more]
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