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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

Observing Transient Breathing States of MIL-53 Homologues Using In Situ Single Crystal 3D Electron Diffraction.

Matthew Liddle, Celine Beck, Russell M Main, Dominic Bara, Claire Wilson, Donald A MacLaren, David Boldrin, Ross S Forgan

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Matthew LiddleSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Celine BeckSUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Russell M MainSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Dominic BaraSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Claire WilsonSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Donald A MacLarenSUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
David BoldrinSUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
Ross S ForganSchool of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4767-6852

Funding

Diamond Light Source STU0474Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/X030083/1European Research Council ERC-2015-STGH2020 European Research Council 677289SCoTMOF 677289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The MIL-53 series of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is considered archetypal for flexible MOFs, with desolvated materials rapidly transitioning between open and closed phases in a stepwise breathing process in response to changes in temperature under ambient pressure conditions. Herein, the differing structures of MIL-53(Cr) and MIL-53(Ga) during breathing - hydrated and anhydrous, closed and open pore-are characterized by in situ single crystal 3D electron diffractionthrough varying sample conditions within the electron diffractometer. In doing so, the crystal structures of nine intermediate phases are uncovered that together represent the continuous breathing of MIL-53 under vacuum, in stark contrast to ambient pressure stepwise breathing. In addition, these structures offer insight into particle-to-particle structural heterogeneity that are averaged out by conventional powder X-ray diffraction measurements, and may begin to explain metal-dependent adsorption phenomena observed across the MIL-53 homologues. In situ 3D electron diffraction is therefore expected to become a powerful tool for in-depth structural investigations of flexible porous materials.

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breathingcrystallographyelectron diffractionflexiblemetal–organic frameworks

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PMID41163523
PMCPMC12710115

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