Shape and volume of cavities in thermoplastic molecular sieves based on syndiotactic polystyrene
Shape and volume of cavities in thermoplastic molecular sieves based on syndiotactic polystyrene
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间规聚苯乙烯热塑性分子筛的空腔形状和体积
DOI:
10.1021/cm001089a
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
D. Sannino
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文献类型:
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作者:
G. Milano;V. Venditto;G. Guerra;L. Cavallo;P. Ciambelli;D. Sannino
The empty space in different crystalline and clathrate phases of syndiotactic polystyrene (s-PS) is evaluated by a numerical procedure. It is shown that the δ form is nanoporous and includes two identical cavities per unit cell, whose shape and volume are characterized. As a consequence of clathration, the unit cell of the δ form is enlarged and the cavity is able to include molecules definitely larger than its starting size. Sorption experiments of nitrogen at 77 K for s-PS powders in different crystalline forms are also presented. These can be interpreted by inclusion of three nitrogen molecules per cavity of the δ crystalline phase and hence give an independent estimate of its volume.