English

Adsorption superlattice stabilized by elastic interactions in a soft porous crystal

Soft Condensed Matter 2024-03-21 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We numerically show that molecules adsorbed in a soft porous crystal form a superlattice (SL) stabilized by elastic interactions. In a mechanically flexible honeycomb lattice model, when the elastic interactions between the next nearest neighboring lattice sites are strong, a long-range ordered 1/3-filling SL state emerges. By calculating the thermodynamic stability, it is found that the SL state is robust against thermal fluctuation. Our results provide a mechanism of elasticity-driven SL formation, which can be utilized for controlling the distribution of adsorbed molecules.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2308.04651,
  title  = {Adsorption superlattice stabilized by elastic interactions in a soft porous crystal},
  author = {Kota Mitsumoto and Kyohei Takae},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.04651},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

9 pages, 5 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2211.03370