A dynamic and multi-responsive porous flexible metal–organic material

Mohana Shivanna; Qing-Yuan Yang; Alankriti Bajpai; Ewa Patyk-Kazmierczak; Michael J. Zaworotko

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05503-y

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

A dynamic and multi-responsive porous flexible metal–organic material

Mohana Shivanna,
Qing-Yuan Yang,
Alankriti Bajpai,
Ewa Patyk-Kazmierczak,
Michael J. Zaworotko

Affiliations

Mohana Shivanna: Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick
Qing-Yuan Yang: Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick
Alankriti Bajpai: Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick
Ewa Patyk-Kazmierczak: Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick
Michael J. Zaworotko: Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05503-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Stimuli-responsive porous materials are attractive for a range of applications, but each material typically exhibits only one type of transformation. Here, the authors report on a metal–organic material that exhibits six distinct phases as a result of four types of structural transformation in response to different stimuli.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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