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Underlying mechanism of the hydrothermal instability of Cu3(BTC)2 metal-organic framework

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Water induced decomposition of Cu3(BTC)2 (BTC = benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) metal-organic framework (MOF) was studied using dynamic water vapour adsorption. Small-angle X-ray scattering, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry analyses revealed that the underlying mechanism of Cu3(BTC)2 MOF decomposition under humid streams is the interpenetration of water molecules into Cu-BTC coordination to displace organic linkers (BTC) from Cu centres.

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    Nadeen Al-Janabi, Abdullatif Alfutimie, Flor R. Siperstein & Xiaolei Fan

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Al-Janabi, N., Alfutimie, A., Siperstein, F.R. et al. Underlying mechanism of the hydrothermal instability of Cu3(BTC)2 metal-organic framework. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. 10, 103–107 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-015-1552-0

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