Thermally activated dynamic gating underlies higher gas adsorption at higher temperatures in metal–organic frameworks
Abhishek Sharma, Nimish Dwarkanath, Sundaram Balasubramanian
Abstract
Mechanism of higher gas adsorption at higher temperature is revealed using analysis of free energy barrier for gas diffusion across gated pore channels.
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AdsorptionGatingMetal-organic frameworkDiffusionMaterials scienceChemical physicsMechanism (biology)ChemistryChemical engineeringBiophysicsThermodynamicsPhysical chemistryPhysicsBiologyQuantum mechanicsEngineeringMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsGraphene research and applications