Creating glassy states of dicarboxylate-bridged coordination polymers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Nov 30;59(96):14317-14320. doi: 10.1039/d3cc04518h.

Abstract

We report the direct formation of dicarboxylate-based coordination polymer glasses through thermal dehydration. The rearrangement of the coordination networks caused by dehydration was monitored by in situ powder X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and synchrotron X-ray characterizations. The microporosity and mechanical properties of these glasses were investigated.