The remarkable framework flexibility is one of the most important advantages of porous coordination polymers (PCPs) or metal–organic frameworks, which allows the host structures to be altered by ...

Most solids expand when heated, a familiar phenomenon with many practical implications. Among the rare exceptions to this rule, the compound zirconium tungstate stands out by virtue of the enormous ...

A thermal expansion coefficient is a well-established key principle that all solid materials have different properties when exposed to variations in temperature. When they are exposed to high ...

When things heat up, most solids expand as higher temperatures cause atoms to vibrate more dramatically, necessitating more space. But some solid crystals, like scandium fluoride, shrink when heated — ...

Thermal decomposition involves the breaking down of solid materials into simpler substances as a result of heating, and its in-depth kinetic analysis is vital for elucidating reaction mechanisms, ...

Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) is a thermal analysis technique that measures dimensional changes at a micrometer scale, such as deformation, in a material’s properties against time or temperature ...