Inelastic Neutron Scattering Analysis of Methoxy Motion in Functionalised Metal-Organic Frameworks

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Owing to the tuneable nature of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), functionalisation is a common methodology employed to introduce active groups to the material for enhanced gas sorption and selectivity. The direct role of a methoxy (-OCH3) group is explored by comparing MFM-300(InOMe) to the non-functionalised, isostructural parent MFM-300(In) material. Investigating how such functional groups interact with adsorbed gas at the atomic level is fundamental for understanding the host-guest interactions and the use of MOFs for practical applications. This proposed INS study will investigate the dynamics of methoxy functional group in MFM-300(InOMe) and the changes it exhibits upon loading of acidic gas. The proposed study aims to reveal the full nature of methoxy behaviour in an ordered crystalline system, focussing on rotation modes and how these may change upon different gas loading.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.101136919
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/101136919
Provenance
Creator Professor Martin Schroder; Professor Sihai Yang; Dr Svemir Rudic; Mr Weiyao Li; Miss Lydia Briggs; Dr Christopher Marsh
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2022
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-02-28T09:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-03-29T18:19:43Z