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Fine-tuning of gas uptake and selectivity in a hexafluorozirconate pillared coordination network that features two porous phases†
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Hybrid coordination networks, sustained by divalent transition metal ions and a combination of organic and inorganic linker ligands, are an emerging class of physisorbents for adsorptive gas and vapour capture, especially under trace (≤1%) concentrations. Herein, we report a Cu(II) hybrid coordination network using the anionic pillar hexafluorozirconate ZrF6 2− , [Cu(pypz)2ZrF6]n; ZRFSIX-21-Cu (21 = 4-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyridine). ZRFSIX-21-Cu possesses two ultramicroporous phases, a two-dimensional square lattice phase (α), and a three-dimensional primitive cubic unit phase (β), a rarity among hybrid ultramicroporous materials. Interestingly, ZRFSIX-21-Cu-α revealed better selectivity for C2H2 over CO2, and ZRFSIX-21-Cu-β for C2H2 over C2H4
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The Royal Society of Chemistry
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CrystEngComm
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SSPC Reward funding MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, and the School of Physical and Chemical Science at the University of Canterbury