Solvophobicity-directed assembly of microporous molecular crystals

Hiroshi Yamagishi; Monika Tsunoda; Kohei Iwai; Kowit Hengphasatporn; Yasuteru Shigeta; Hiroyasu Sato; Yohei Yamamoto

doi:10.1038/s42004-021-00561-8

Communications Chemistry (Aug 2021)

Solvophobicity-directed assembly of microporous molecular crystals

Hiroshi Yamagishi,
Monika Tsunoda,
Kohei Iwai,
Kowit Hengphasatporn,
Yasuteru Shigeta,
Hiroyasu Sato,
Yohei Yamamoto

Affiliations

Hiroshi Yamagishi: Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, and Tsukuba Research Center for Energy Materials Science (TREMS), University of Tsukuba
Monika Tsunoda: Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, and Tsukuba Research Center for Energy Materials Science (TREMS), University of Tsukuba
Kohei Iwai: Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, and Tsukuba Research Center for Energy Materials Science (TREMS), University of Tsukuba
Kowit Hengphasatporn: Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Yasuteru Shigeta: Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Hiroyasu Sato: Rigaku Corporation
Yohei Yamamoto: Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, and Tsukuba Research Center for Energy Materials Science (TREMS), University of Tsukuba

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00561-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Porous organic crystals can be challenging to prepare, because in the absence of guests, they often collapse into denser, non-porous polymorphs. Here the formation of porous and non-porous polymorphs in different solvents is shown to depend on a solvophobic effect driven by dispersion interactions.

Published in Communications Chemistry

ISSN: 2399-3669 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.nature.com/commschem

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