Selective Generation of Organic Aggregates Included within Metal−Organic Micropores through Vapor Adsorption

Abstract

The ethanol vapor adsorption behavior and the inclusion crystal structure of a 1D-transformable coordination polymer host were characterized. The adsorption jump was observed during phase transition or two-phase equilibrium with abnormal adsorption enthalpy caused by the nature of “mass induced phase transition.” The included ethanol guests selectively form O−H···O hydrogen bonded pairs inside channels, suggesting selective construction of a specific cluster/aggregate in pores under control of thermodynamic factors and cooperative intermolecular interactions among the guest and channel surface.