FIGURE 1. Bridging angles and girths in zeolites and IMs.

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Colossal cages in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks as selective carbon dioxide reservoirs

Bo Wang, Adrien P. Côté, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Michael O'Keeffe & Omar M. Yaghi

Nature 453, 207-211(8 May 2008)

doi:10.1038/nature06900

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a, Si2O in zeolites. b, Zn2(2-methylimidazolate), mIM, in ZIF-8 (structure symbol sod). c, Zn2(benzimidazolate), bIM, in ZIF-11 (rho). d, Zn2(5-chlorobenzimidazolate), cbIM, in ZIF-95 and ZIF-100 (previously unknown topologies).

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