The energetic performances of three isomorphic ZIF materials, i.e., ZIF-8_CH 3 (Basolite Z1200), ZIF-8_Cl, and ZIF-8_Br, of SOD topology are studied with high-pressure intrusion−extrusion experiments using water and aqueous electrolyte solutions (KCl 4 M and LiCl 20 M) as nonwetting liquids. This work represents an important progress in the field of energetic applications, as the "ZIF-8_Cl−LiCl 20 M" system exhibits a spring behavior with a stored energy of 77 J g −1 . To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest value for the stored energy obtained using intrusion−extrusion experiments. Experimental results reveal that the intrusion pressure increases with the addition of electrolytes. The systems evolve from a bumper to a shock-absorber or spring behavior with the decrease in the strength of the interactions between the cation of the salt and the imidazolate linker. This explains the bumper or rather the shock-absorber behavior observed for the "ZIF-8_Br−KCl 4 M" and "ZIF-8_CH 3 −LiCl 20 M" systems compared to the spring behavior observed with the other systems reported in this work.

The insertion of H2O in the siliceous zeolites TON (Theta-one) and MFI (Mobil-Five) was studied at pressures up to 0.9 GPa by synchrotron X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy and Monte Carlo Modeling. TON (orthorhombic, Cmc21) and MFI (monoclinic, P21/n) have 1D and 3D pore systems respectively. H2O insertion was quantified by a combination of structure refinements and Monte Carlo modelling. Complete pore filling is observed at 0.9 GPa in the high-pressure forms of TON (orthorhombic, Pbn21) and MFI (orthorhombic, Pnma). This corresponds to more than twice as many H2O molecules per SiO2 unit in the 3D pore system of MFI than in the 1D pore system of TON. This results in a greater swelling of the MFI system as compared to the TON system upon insertion. In both cases, both experiments and modelling indicate that the density of water in the pores is close to that of bulk water at the same pressure. A greater degree of molecular disorder is observed in the 3D network of MFI. Infrared spectroscopy indicates a weakening of the hydrogen bonds associated with geometrical constraints due to confinement. The majority of the H2O molecules are extruded on pressure release indicating that this insertion is reversible to a great extent, which gives rise to the molecular spring properties of these materials. Supporting Information. Crystallographic information files (CIF) files containing the structural data for the TON-H2O system at 0.29, 0.6 and 0.9 GPa and the MFI-H2O system at 0.31, 0.67 and 0.86 GPa have been supplied as supporting information. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org..