ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Gas Loading Effects on the Quantum Methyl Tunnelling Phenomenon in Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 [Continuation of RB1510529 at OSIRIS]

Abstract: This proposal is a continuation access to a recent experiment conducted at OSIRIS (RB1510529) to study the quantum tunneling characteristics of ZIF-8, which is a cubic metal-organic framework adopting a sodalite architecture. We will employ quasi-elastic neutron spectroscopy (QENS) to investigate in great detail the effects of varying gas dosing (pore filling effect) on the quantum rotation behaviour of the methyl groups present in ZIF-8. The results are essential to the completion of our recent study, specifically to enable detailed understanding of the mechanism(s) responsible for tunnelling response of Ar and N2 gas. This work may open up new science towards leveraging the emerging field of quantum molecular rotors in the context of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Principal Investigator: Professor Jin-Chong Tan
Experimenter: Mr Zhixin (Jason) Zeng
Experimenter: Mr Abhijeet Chaudhari
Experimenter: Mr Kirill Titov
Experimenter: Mr Mahdi Mahmoud
Experimenter: Dr Svemir Rudic
Experimenter: Professor Felix Fernandez-Alonso
Experimenter: Dr Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay
Experimenter: Mr Matthew Ryder

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1610180

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1610180

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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Professor Jin-Chong Tan et al; (2016): Gas Loading Effects on the Quantum Methyl Tunnelling Phenomenon in Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 [Continuation of RB1510529 at OSIRIS], STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1610180

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