title: Porosity in metal-organic framework glasses.
abstract: The porosity of a glass formed by melt-quenching a metal-organic framework, has been characterized by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. The results reveal porosity intermediate between the related open and dense crystalline frameworks ZIF-4 and ZIF-zni. A structural model for the glass was constructed using an amorphous polymerization algorithm, providing additional insight into the gas-inaccessible nature of porosity and the possible applications of hybrid glasses.
authors.affiliation: Future Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Private Bag 10, Clayton Sth, VIC 3169, Australia.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Jelfs
authors.affiliation: Future Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Private Bag 10, Clayton Sth, VIC 3169, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konstas
authors.affiliation: Future Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Private Bag 10, Clayton Sth, VIC 3169, Australia.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.affiliation: Future Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Private Bag 10, Clayton Sth, VIC 3169, Australia.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK. tdb35@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cheetham
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK. tdb35@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Bennett