Evolution of water structures in metal-organic frameworks for improved atmospheric water harvesting

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 374; no. 6566; pp. 454 - 459
• Main Authors: Hanikel, Nikita, Pei, Xiaokun, Chheda, Saumil, Lyu, Hao, Jeong, WooSeok, Sauer, Joachim, Gagliardi, Laura, Yaghi, Omar M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The American Association for the Advancement of Science 22.10.2021; AAAS
• Subjects: Air temperature; Atmospheric water; Clusters; Crystals; Density functional theory; Enthalpy; Evolution; Metal-organic frameworks; Pores; Porous materials; Regeneration; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Single crystals; Water; Water chemistry; Water harvesting; Water uptake; X-ray diffraction

Although the locations of water molecules in some porous materials have been determined with diffraction techniques, determining the filling sequence of water sites has been challenging. Hanikel et al . used single-crystal x-ray diffraction to locate all of the water molecules in pores of the metal-...