The importance of crystal size for breathing kinetics in MIL-53(Al).
Volodymyr BonNikita BusovIrena SenkovskaNadine BönischLeila AbylgazinaAzat KhadievDmitri NovikovStefan KaskelPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
Herein we analyze the switching kinetics of a breathing framework MIL-53(Al) with respect to different crystallite size regimes. Synchrotron time-resolved powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and adsorption rate analysis of n -butane physisorption at 298 K demonstrate the decisive role of crystal size affecting the time domain of breathing transitions in MIL-53(Al).