A snapshot of a coordination polymer self-assembly process: the crystallization of a metastable 3D network followed by the spontaneous transformation in water to a 2D pseudopolymorphic phase.
A metastable copper(II) 3D hybrid with 4,4'-bipyridine (4,4'-bipy) and P,P'-diphenylethylenediphosphinate (pc2p(2-)) undergoes a spontaneous, quantitative, transformation to a stable 2D polymorphic species either spontaneously in water, or after thermal dehydration followed by hydration.
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Thierry
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Science Chimique de Rennes (UMR-CNRS 6226), Université de Rennes 1, Avenue du General Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
Costantino
Ferdinando
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Ienco
Andrea
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Guerri
Annalisa
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Marmottini
Fabio
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Midollini
Stefano
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