Entropically driven melting of Cu-based 1D coordination polymers

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,9833-9836 DOI: 10.1039/D4CC02925A, Communication Yuki Ohara, Taichi Nishiguchi, Xin Zheng, Shin-ichiro Noro, Daniel M. Packwood, Satoshi Horike Thermal analysis and DFT revealed that entropic terms dominate the melting phenomenon of one-dimensional coordination polymer crystals.