Lee, Y Vogt, T Hriljac, JA Parise, JB Hanson, JC Kim, SJ 2024-01-21T09:40:38Z 2024-01-21T09:40:38Z 2021-09-01 2002-12 0028-0836 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/139032 Zeolites crystallize in a variety of three-dimensional structures in which oxygen atoms are shared between tetrahedra containing silicon and/or aluminium, thus yielding negatively charged tetrahedral frameworks that enclose cavities and pores of molecular dimensions occupied by charge-balancing metal cations and water molecules(1). Cation migration in the pores and changes in water content associated with concomitant relaxation of the framework have been observed in numerous variable-temperature studies(2-5), whereas the effects of hydrostatic pressure on the structure and properties of zeolites are less well explored(6-8). The zeolite sodium aluminosilicate natrolite was recently shown to undergo a volume expansion at pressures above 1.2 GPa as a result of reversible pressure-induced hydration(9); in contrast, a synthetic analogue, potassium gallosilicate natrolite, exhibited irreversible pressure-induced hydration with retention of the high-pressure phase at ambient conditions(10). Here we report the structure of the high-pressure recovered phase and contrast it with the high-pressure phase of the sodium aluminosilicate natrolite. Our findings show that the irreversible hydration behaviour is associated with a pronounced rearrangement of the non-framework metal ions, thus emphasizing that they can clearly have an important role in mediating the overall properties of zeolites. English NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP Non-framework cation migration and irreversible pressure-induced hydration in a zeolite Article 10.1038/nature01265 1 NATURE, v.420, no.6915, pp.485 - 489 NATURE 420 6915 485 489 N scie scopus 000179611600040 2-s2.0-0037028104 Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics Article X-RAY MOLECULAR-SIEVE DIFFRACTION NATROLITE TEMPERATURE PORES RHO zeolite