title: Reversible water uptake by a stable imine-based porous organic cage.
abstract: A crystalline porous organic cage molecule, CC3, is shown to adsorb up to 20.1 wt% water reversibly. This was confirmed by both gravimetric sorption and by crystallographic analysis. Crystals of CC3 are stable in boiling water for at least 4 h. The surprising chemical and supramolecular stability of these imine-based molecular crystals suggests scope for practical applications in humid environments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasell
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidtmann
authors.forename: Corinne A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Martin W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Andrew I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Cooper