title: Preparation and gas adsorption studies of three mesh-adjustable molecular sieves with a common structure.
abstract: Solvothermal reactions of a predesigned amphiphilic ligand, 4'-tert-butyl-biphenyl-3,5-dicarboxylate (BBPDC), with Zn(NO(3))(2), Co(NO(3))(2), and Cu(NO(3))(2) gave rise to three isostructural mesh-adjustable molecular sieves (MAMSs), MAMS-2, MAMS-3, and MAMS-4, respectively. The three new MAMSs all exhibit temperature-tuned molecular sieving effect. There exists a linear relationship between mesh size and temperature, D = D(0) + alphaT (D, mesh size at temperature T K; D(0), mesh size at 0 K; and alpha, constant). Constants D(0) and alpha are characteristics of a ligand in a certain structure, independent of the choice of metal. As a result, all of the three MAMSs based on the BBPDC ligand have a D(0) of 2.83 and an alpha of 0.0073.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA.
authors.forename: Shengqian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Daofeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Daqiang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Xi-Sen
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Cai
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zhou