Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.139, No.44, 15648-15651, 2017
Large Negative Linear Compressibility in InH(BDC)(2) from Framework Hinging
Materials with negative linear compressibility (NLC) counterintuitively expand along one specific direction coupled to the volume reduction when compressed uniformly. NLC with a large value is desired for compression and materials science. However, NLC is generally smaller than -20 TPa-1. High-pressure X-ray diffraction experiments reveal that the beta-quartz-like InH(BDC)(2) generates an extreme NLC (-62.4 TPa-1) by framework hinging. InH(BDC)(2) is much safer and lower-cost than Au+/Ag+ and CN--containing materials that dominated the fields of large NLC. This work reconfirms that a negative thermal expansion flexible framework could likely exhibit large NLC. Moreover, a large NLC could be anticipated to arise from beta-quartz-like or related frameworks composed of rigid linear ligands and flexible,framework angles.