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Chemical and structural stability of zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks with large three-dimensional pores by linker engineering

Yes / The synthesis of metal–organic frameworks with large three-dimensional channels that are permanently porous and chemically stable offers new opportunities in areas such as catalysis and separation. Two linkers (L1=4,4′,4′′,4′′′-([1,1′-biphenyl]-3,3′,5,5′-tetrayltetrakis(ethyne-2,1-diyl)) tetrabenzoic acid, L2=4,4′,4′′,4′′′-(pyrene-1,3,6,8-tetrayltetrakis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))tetrabenzoic acid) were used that have equivalent connectivity and dimensions but quite distinct torsional flexibility. With these, a solid solution material, [Zr6O4(OH)4(L1)2.6(L2)0.4]⋅(solvent)x, was formed that has three-dimensional crystalline permanent porosity with a surface area of over 4000 m2 g−1 that persists after immersion in water. These properties are not accessible for the isostructural phases made from the separate single linkers. / Financial support from EPSRC under EP/H000925, access to the HPC service ARCHER via EP/L000202. S.N. thanks the EU for a Marie Curie fellowship (PIEF-GA-2010-274952). C.M.-G. thanks the Spanish MINECO for a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (RYC-2012-10894).

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/8713
Date17 December 2014
CreatorsKalidindi, S.B., Nayak, Sanjit, Briggs, M.E., Jansat, S., Katsoulidis, A.P., Miller, G.J., Warren, J.E., Antypov, D., Cora, F., Slater, B., Prestly, M.R., Marti-Gastaldo, C., Rosseinsky, M.J.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, Published version
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