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Title: Potentials and challenges of high-field PFG NMR diffusion studies with sorbates in nanoporous media
High magnetic fields (up to 17.6 T) in combination with large magnetic field gradients (up to 25 T/m) were successfully utilized in pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR studies of gas and liquid diffusion in nanoporous materials. In this mini-review, we present selected examples of such studies demonstrating the ability of high field PFG NMR to gain unique insights and differentiate between various types of diffusion. These examples include identifying and explaining an anomalous relationship between molecular size and self-diffusivity of gases in a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF), as well as revealing and explaining an influence of mixing different linkers in a ZIF on gas self-diffusion. Different types of normal and restricted self-diffusion were quantified in hybrid membranes formed by dispersing ZIF crystals in polymers. High field PFG NMR studies of such membranes allowed observing and explaining an influence of the ZIF crystal confinement in a polymer on intra-ZIF self-diffusion of gases. This technique also allowed measuring and understanding anomalous single-file diffusion (SFD) of mixed sorbates. Furthermore, the presented examples demonstrate a high potential of combining high field PFG NMR with single-crystal Infrared Microscopy (IRM) for obtaining greater physical insights into the studied diffusion processes.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1836735 1561347 1836738
PAR ID:
10189501
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Adsorption
ISSN:
0929-5607
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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