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- Title
Controlled Synthesis of Porous Coordination-Polymer Microcrystals with Definite Morphologies and Sizes under Mild Conditions.
- Authors
Liu, Qing; Yang, Ji ‐ Min; Jin, Li ‐ Na; Sun, Wei ‐ Yin
- Abstract
Herein, we report a facile and convenient method for the synthesis of the porous coordination polymer MOF-14 [Cu3(BTB)2] (H3BTB=4,4′,4′′-benzene-1,3,5-triyl-tribenzoic acid) as microcrystals with definite shapes and crystal facets controlled by the reaction medium at room temperature. The amount of sodium acetate added to the reaction system plays a crucial role in the shape evolution of MOF-14 from rhombic dodecahedrons to truncated rhombic dodecahedrons and cubes with truncated edges and then to cubes. The addition of a base could accelerate the formation rate of crystal growth and increase the supersaturation of crystal growth, thus resulting in the formation of MOF-14 cube crystals with high-energy crystal facets. The morphological evolution was also observed for HKUST-1 [Cu3(BTC)2] (H3BTC=1,3,5-benzenetricarbocylic acid) from octahedrons to cubes, thus verifying the probable mechanism of the morphological transformation. The gas-adsorption properties of MOF-14 with different shapes were studied and reveal that the porous coordination-polymer microcrystals display excellent and morphology-dependent sorption properties.
- Subjects
MICROCRYSTALLINE polymers; COORDINATION polymers synthesis; POROUS polymers; CRYSTAL morphology; CRYSTAL growth; SODIUM acetate
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 45, p14783
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201402923