Giant Negative Compressibility by Liquid Intrusion into Superhydrophobic Flexible Nanoporous Frameworks

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Abstract
Materials or systems demonstrating negative linear compressibility (NLC), whose size increases (decreases) in at least one of their dimensions upon compression (decompression) are very rare. Materials demonstrating this effect in all their dimensions, negative volumetric compressibility (NVC), are exceptional. Here, by liquid porosimetry and in situ neutron diffraction, we show that one can achieve exceptional NLC and NVC values by nonwetting liquid intrusion in flexible porous media, namely in the ZIF-8 metal–organic framework (MOF). Atomistic simulations show that the volumetric expansion is due to the presence of liquid in the windows connecting the cavities of ZIF-8. This discovery paves the way for designing novel materials with exceptional NLC and NVC at reasonable pressures suitable for a wide range of applications.
Funding Information
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Sapienza Universit? di Roma (RG11715C81D4F43C)
  • Narodowe Centrum Nauki (2018/31/B/ST8/00599)
  • H2020 Research Infrastructures (730897)
  • H2020 European Research Council (803213, HPC174LQMN)

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