Type
Book ChapterAuthors
Ma, Yanhang
Han, Lu

Liu, Zheng

Mayoral, Alvaro

Díaz, Isabel

Oleynikov, Peter
Ohsuna, Tetsu

Han, Yu

Pan, Ming

Zhu, Yihan
Sakamoto, Yasuhiro
Che, Shunai
Terasaki, Osamu

KAUST Department
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research CenterChemical Science Program
Nanostructured Functional Materials (NFM) laboratory
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Date
2019-11-02Embargo End Date
2020-11-02Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/660413
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Nanoporous crystals are widely studied and used for applications in H2 storage, CO2 capture, petrochemical catalysis and many other applications, yet the imaging of their atomic structure has proven difficult because of their radiation sensitivity and the small size of these microcrystals. This chapter describes the development of the new modes of electron microscopy needed to study them, and compares these with traditional methods such as x-ray diffraction. This class of materials has traditionally been dominated by the zeolites and zeotype materials, but has recently been expanded to include meso-/macroporous crystals and other new framework structures (MOFs, ZIFs COFs, etc.). Using different building blocks or units, versatile crystal structures have been synthesized for various applications. Their properties and functions are governed primarily by periodic arrangements of pores and/or cavities and their surroundings with various atomic moieties inside crystals. In this chapter, electron microscopy studies of nanoporous materials are discussed from different perspectives. Special attention is paid to the observation of fine defect structures, through careful analysis of electron diffraction, high-resolution images and spectroscopy data. The experimental conditions for imaging beam-sensitive materials, such as MOFs, are described. The contents have been divided into sections based on the types of materials and their geometric features. Examples of structure analysis of various nanoporous materials are given and discussed. New technical developments and existing challenges are described.Citation
Ma, Y., Han, L., Liu, Z., Mayoral, A., Díaz, I., Oleynikov, P., … Terasaki, O. (2019). Microscopy of Nanoporous Crystals. Springer Handbooks, 2–2. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00069-1_29Sponsors
This work was supported by the Shanghai Pujiang Program (17PJ1406400), Shanghai Natural Science Fund (17ZR1418600), the Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program By CAST (2017QNRC001) (Y.M.), the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21571128, the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China 201454, and the Shanghai Rising Star Program 17QA1401700 (L.H.), JST (Japan), VR and Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden) and Foreign Expert Recruiting Program (China) (O.T.). This work is partially supported by CℏEM, SPST, ShanghaiTech under the grant #EM02161943 (Y.M., A.M., P.O. and O.T.). O.T. acknowledges Sir John Meurig Thomas for introducing and guiding him to his fascinating field, the structural study of nanostructured materials by electron crystallography and imaging.Publisher
Springer NatureAdditional Links
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-00069-1_29ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/978-3-030-00069-1_29