Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41184610›Full record

ArticleNature materials2026

Inflatable porous organic crystals.

Alexios I Vicatos, Leigh Loots, Gundo Mathada, Joanna Drwęska, Agnieszka M Janiak, Leonard J Barbour

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Article in Nature materials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Porous Organic Cages for COAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alexios I VicatosDepartment of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Leigh LootsDepartment of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Gundo MathadaDepartment of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Joanna DrwęskaFaculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-4552
Agnieszka M JaniakFaculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. agnieszka.janiak@amu.edu.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0611-5998
Leonard J BarbourDepartment of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa. ljb@sun.ac.za.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6453-8331

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The relationship between changes in the macroscopic dimensions of a solid and its environmental conditions such as temperature or pressure can be rationalized at the molecular level. The controllable conversion of such external stimuli to mechanical energy can be exploited to construct mechanical or electromechanical devices, which are sometimes required to operate in extreme environments. Here we describe predominantly unidirectional expansion and contraction of an acicular porous molecular crystal owing to gas uptake or release. Using complementary in situ structural and photomicrographic techniques, we have obtained molecular-level insights that correlate macroscopic linear expansion of the crystal by up to 10% with the application of gas-specific pressure. We also demonstrate that the expansion of the needle axis with pressure can be modelled using the well-known Langmuir-Freundlich equation, thereby providing a convenient means of relating pressure and guest-induced linear expansion within a bounded continuum.

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PMID41184610
PMCPMC12960203

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