Volume 43, Issue 46 pp. 6296-6301
Communication

A Hybrid Solid with Giant Pores Prepared by a Combination of Targeted Chemistry, Simulation, and Powder Diffraction

Gérard Férey

Gérard Férey

Institut universitaire de France, Fax:(+33) 1-3925-4358

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8637, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France

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Christian Serre

Christian Serre

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8637, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France

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Caroline Mellot-Draznieks

Caroline Mellot-Draznieks

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8637, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France

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Franck Millange

Franck Millange

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8637, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France

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Suzy Surblé

Suzy Surblé

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8637, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France

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Julien Dutour

Julien Dutour

Institut Lavoisier, UMR CNRS 8637, Université de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France

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Irène Margiolaki

Irène Margiolaki

ESRF, Grenoble, France

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First published: 23 November 2004
Citations: 864

Graphical Abstract

A perfect combination: The association of a chromium(III) trimeric building unit and 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate led to the powdered solid MIL-100. Simulations provided a crystal structure solution, which matched the experimental powder XRD pattern. This unique simulation/diffraction combination allowed the structure determination of a giant-pore solid with a zeotype architecture, built up from hybrid supertetrahedra (see picture).

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