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- Title
Metal-organic frameworks: Grown into shape.
- Authors
Morris, Russell E.
- Abstract
The article presents a study by Dirk De Vos and colleagues on the formation of metal-organic framework (MOF) thin films and hollow spheres that are defect-free and uniform. It says that hybrid solids or MOFs such as copper-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (Cu-BTC) and zeolite imidazolate (ZIF)-8 are acquired as crystalline powders and difficult to be made as shaped materials. It mentions that the inorganic and organic MOF component were dissolved in water and 1-octanol, while right conditions led to MOF growth in interface. It relates that the film shape were formed to flat layers or hollow spheres, which is highly monodisperse. It adds that aqueous phase was added with polyvinyl alcohol to prevent breakage of films and spheres due to mechanical exposure of slow crystal size redistribution.
- Subjects
THIN films; ZEOLITES; BENZENE; COPPER; ORGANIC chemistry; POLYVINYL alcohol; SURFACE chemistry; LIQUID-liquid interfaces; DE Vos, Dirk
- Publication
Nature Chemistry, 2011, Vol 3, Issue 5, p347
- ISSN
1755-4330
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nchem.1036