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Pathway selection as a tool for crystal defect engineering : a case study with a functional coordination polymer
Abrishamkar, Afshin (ETH Zurich. Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering)
Suárez García, Salvio (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Sevim, Semih (ETH Zurich. Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering)
Sorrenti, Alessandro (ETH Zurich. Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering)
Pons, Ramon (Institut de Química Avançada de Catalunya)
Liu, Shi-Xia (Universitat Bern. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Decurtins, Silvio (Universitat Bern. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Aromi, Guillem (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica)
Aguilà, David (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica)
Pané i Vidal, Salvador (ETH Zürich. Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems)
deMello, Andrew J. (ETH Zurich. Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering)
Rotaru, Aurelian (Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Ruiz-Molina, Daniel (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Puigmarti-Luis, Josep (ETH Zurich. Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering)

Date: 2020
Abstract: New synthetic routes capable of achieving defect engineering of functional crystals through well-controlled pathway selection will spark new breakthroughs and advances towards unprecedented and unique functional materials and devices. In nature, the interplay of chemical reactions with the diffusion of reagents in space and time is already used to favor such pathway selection and trigger the formation of materials with bespoke properties and functions, even when the material composition is preserved. Following this approach, herein we show that a controlled interplay of a coordination reaction with mass transport (i. e. the diffusion of reagents) is essential to favor the generation of charge imbalance defects (i. e. protonation defects) in a final crystal structure (thermodynamic product). We show that this synthetic pathway is achieved with the isolation of a kinetic product (i. e. a metastable state), which can be only accomplished when a controlled interplay of the reaction with mass transport is satisfied. Accounting for the relevance of controlling, tuning and understanding structure-properties correlations, we have studied the spin transition evolution of a well-defined spin-crossover complex as a model system.
Grants: European Commission 734322
European Commission 677020
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad RTI2018-098027-B-C21
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CTQ2017-88948-P
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SEV-2017-0706
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MAT 2015-70615-R
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad BES-2015-071492
Note: Altres ajuts: J.P.L. and S.P. acknowledge networking support by the COST Action CM1407 "e-minds". The ICN2 is funded by the CERCA programme / Generalitat de Catalunya. G.A. thanks support by the Generalitat de Catalunya through the ICREA Academia Prize 2018
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject: Defect crystal engineering ; Pathway selection ; Out-of-equilibrium crystal state ; Non-covalent synthesis ; Reaction-diffusion condition
Published in: Applied materials today, Vol. 20 (Sep. 2020) , art. 100632, ISSN 2352-9407

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100632


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