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Ultrahigh-field 67 Zn NMR reveals short-range disorder in zeolitic imidazolate framework glasses
The structure of melt-quenched zeolitic imidazole framework (ZIF) glasses can provide insights into their glass-formation mechanism. We directly detected short-range disorder in ZIF glasses using ultrahigh-field zinc-67 solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Two distinct Zn sites characteristic of the parent crystals transformed upon melting into a single tetrahedral site with a broad distribution of structural parameters. Moreover, the ligand chemistry in ZIFs appeared to have no controlling effect on the short-range disorder, although the former affected their phase-transition behavior. These findings reveal structure-property relations and could help design metal-organic framework glasses.
- Award ID(s):
- 1855176
- Publication Date:
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10141518
- Journal Name:
- Science
- Volume:
- 367
- Issue:
- 6485
- Page Range or eLocation-ID:
- p. 1473-1476
- ISSN:
- 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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