Turning disorder into organization is a key issue in science. By making use of X-ray powder diffraction and modeling studies, we show herein that high pressures in combination with the shape and space constraints of the hydrophobic all-silica zeolite ferrierite separate an ethanol-water liquid mixture into ethanol dimer wires and water tetramer squares. The confined supramolecular blocks alternate in a binary two-dimensional (2D) architecture that remains stable upon complete pressure release. These results support the combined use of high pressures and porous networks as a viable strategy for driving the organization of molecules or nano-objects towards complex, pre-defined patterns relevant for the realization of novel functional nanocomposites.

Irreversible Conversion of a Water-Ethanol Solution into an Organized Two-Dimensional Network of Alternating Supramolecular Units in a Hydrophobic Zeolite under Pressure / Rossella, Arletti; Ettore, Fois; Lara, Gigli; Vezzalini, Maria Giovanna; Simona, Quartieri; Gloria, Tabacchi; Arletti, Rossella. - In: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION. - ISSN 1433-7851. - 56:8(2017), pp. 2105-2109. [10.1002/anie.201610949]

Irreversible Conversion of a Water-Ethanol Solution into an Organized Two-Dimensional Network of Alternating Supramolecular Units in a Hydrophobic Zeolite under Pressure

VEZZALINI, Maria Giovanna;ARLETTI, Rossella
2017

Abstract

Turning disorder into organization is a key issue in science. By making use of X-ray powder diffraction and modeling studies, we show herein that high pressures in combination with the shape and space constraints of the hydrophobic all-silica zeolite ferrierite separate an ethanol-water liquid mixture into ethanol dimer wires and water tetramer squares. The confined supramolecular blocks alternate in a binary two-dimensional (2D) architecture that remains stable upon complete pressure release. These results support the combined use of high pressures and porous networks as a viable strategy for driving the organization of molecules or nano-objects towards complex, pre-defined patterns relevant for the realization of novel functional nanocomposites.
2017
9-gen-2017
56
8
2105
2109
Irreversible Conversion of a Water-Ethanol Solution into an Organized Two-Dimensional Network of Alternating Supramolecular Units in a Hydrophobic Zeolite under Pressure / Rossella, Arletti; Ettore, Fois; Lara, Gigli; Vezzalini, Maria Giovanna; Simona, Quartieri; Gloria, Tabacchi; Arletti, Rossella. - In: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION. - ISSN 1433-7851. - 56:8(2017), pp. 2105-2109. [10.1002/anie.201610949]
Rossella, Arletti; Ettore, Fois; Lara, Gigli; Vezzalini, Maria Giovanna; Simona, Quartieri; Gloria, Tabacchi; Arletti, Rossella
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