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Linares-Moreau M, Brandner LA, Velásquez-Hernández MDJ, Fonseca J, Benseghir Y, Chin JM, Maspoch D, Doonan C, Falcaro P. Fabrication of Oriented Polycrystalline MOF Superstructures. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2309645. [PMID: 38018327 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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The field of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has progressed beyond the design and exploration of powdery and single-crystalline materials. A current challenge is the fabrication of organized superstructures that can harness the directional properties of the individual constituent MOF crystals. To date, the progress in the fabrication methods of polycrystalline MOF superstructures has led to close-packed structures with defined crystalline orientation. By controlling the crystalline orientation, the MOF pore channels of the constituent crystals can be aligned along specific directions: these systems possess anisotropic properties including enhanced diffusion along specific directions, preferential orientation of guest species, and protection of functional guests. In this perspective, we discuss the current status of MOF research in the fabrication of oriented polycrystalline superstructures focusing on the specific crystalline directions of orientation. Three methods are examined in detail: the assembly from colloidal MOF solutions, the use of external fields for the alignment of MOF particles, and the heteroepitaxial ceramic-to-MOF growth. This perspective aims at promoting the progress of this field of research and inspiring the development of new protocols for the preparation of MOF systems with oriented pore channels, to enable advanced MOF-based devices with anisotropic properties.
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- Mercedes Linares-Moreau
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Functional Materials and Catalysis, University of Vienna, Währingerstr. 42, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Functional Materials and Catalysis, University of Vienna, Währingerstr. 42, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
- Departament de Química, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, 8010, Austria
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Brandner LA, Linares-Moreau M, Zhou G, Amenitsch H, Dal Zilio S, Huang Z, Doonan C, Falcaro P. Water sensitivity of heteroepitaxial Cu-MOF films: dissolution and re-crystallization of 3D-oriented MOF superstructures. Chem Sci 2023; 14:12056-12067. [PMID: 37969597 PMCID: PMC10631222 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04135b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
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3D-oriented metal-organic framework (MOF) films and patterns have recently emerged as promising platforms for sensing and photonic applications. These oriented polycrystalline materials are typically prepared by heteroepitaxial growth from aligned inorganic nanostructures and display anisotropic functional properties, such as guest molecule alignment and polarized fluorescence. However, to identify suitable conditions for the integration of these 3D-oriented MOF superstructures into functional devices, the effect of water (gaseous and liquid) on different frameworks should be determined. We note that the hydrolytic stability of these heteroepitaxially grown MOF films is currently unexplored. In this work, we present an in-depth analysis of the structural evolution of aligned 2D and 3D Cu-based MOFs grown from Cu(OH)2 coatings. Specifically, 3D-oriented Cu2L2 and Cu2L2DABCO films (L = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate, BDC; biphenyl-4,4-dicarboxylate, BPDC; DABCO = 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane) were exposed to 50% relative humidity (RH), 80% RH and liquid water. The combined use of X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy shows that the sensitivity towards humid environments critically depends on the presence of the DABCO pillar ligand. While oriented films of 2D MOF layers stay intact upon exposure to all levels of humidity, hydrolysis of Cu2L2DABCO is observed. In addition, we report that in environments with high water content, 3D-oriented Cu2(BDC)2DABCO recrystallizes as 3D-oriented Cu2(BDC)2. The heteroepitaxial MOF-to-MOF transformation mechanism was studied with in situ synchrotron experiments, time-resolved AFM measurements, and electron diffraction. These findings provide valuable information on the stability of oriented MOF films for their application in functional devices and highlight the potential for the fabrication of 3D-oriented superstructures via MOF-to-MOF transformations.
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- Lea A Brandner
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology 8010 Graz Austria
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University Stockholm SE-106 91 Sweden
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology 8010 Graz Austria
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- CNR-IOM - Istituto Officina dei Materiali SS 14, km 163.5, Basovizza Trieste 34149 Italy
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University Stockholm SE-106 91 Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia 5005 Australia
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology 8010 Graz Austria
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Khalil IE, Fonseca J, Reithofer MR, Eder T, Chin JM. Tackling orientation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): The quest to enhance MOF performance. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Na YW, Cheon JY, Kim JH, Jung Y, Lee K, Park JS, Park JY, Song KS, Lee SB, Kim T, Yang SJ. All-in-one flexible supercapacitor with ultrastable performance under extreme load. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabl8631. [PMID: 34985946 PMCID: PMC8730631 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl8631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Fiber-type solid-state supercapacitors are being widely investigated as stable power supply for next-generation wearable and flexible electronics. Integrating both high charge storage capability and superior mechanical properties into one fiber is crucial to realize fiber-type solid-state supercapacitors. In this study, we design a “jeweled necklace”–like hybrid composite fiber comprising double-walled carbon nanotube yarn and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Subsequent heat treatment transforms MOFs into MOF-derived carbon (MDC), thereby maximizing energy storage capability while retaining the superior mechanical properties. The hybrid fibers with tunable properties, including thickness and MDC loading amount, exhibit a high energy density of 7.54 milliwatt-hour per cubic centimeter at a power density of 190.94 milliwatt per cubic centimeter. The mechanical robustness of the hybrid fibers allows them to operate under various mechanical deformation conditions. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the resulting superstrong fiber delivers sufficient power to switch on light-emitting diodes by itself while suspending 10-kilogram weight.
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- You Wan Na
- Advanced Nanohybrids Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Education and Research Center for Smart Energy and Materials, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Composites Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 51508, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nanohybrids Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Education and Research Center for Smart Energy and Materials, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Composites Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 51508, Republic of Korea
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- Composites Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 51508, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nanohybrids Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Education and Research Center for Smart Energy and Materials, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nanohybrids Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Education and Research Center for Smart Energy and Materials, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nanohybrids Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Education and Research Center for Smart Energy and Materials, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Composites Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 51508, Republic of Korea
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- Composites Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon 51508, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nanohybrids Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Education and Research Center for Smart Energy and Materials, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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Takahashi M. Oriented Films of Metal-Organic Frameworks on Metal Hydroxides via Heteroepitaxial Growth. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Masahide Takahashi
- Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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Kim JY, Barcus K, Cohen SM. Controlled Two-Dimensional Alignment of Metal-Organic Frameworks in Polymer Films. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:3703-3706. [PMID: 33683860 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Controlling the alignment of metal-organic framework (MOF) particles is valueable for fully exploiting the anisotropic properties and porous structure of these materials. Herein, we propose a simple, one-step method that can control the two-dimensional (2D) alignment of MOF particles over large areas. Orientational control is achieved without consideration of the underlying lattice parameters or the need for particle surface modification, but instead was achieved by selection of the casting solvent on a water surface. Two distinct types of MOF particles, a hexagonal bifrustum morphology of MIL-96 and an octahedral morphology of the UiO-66 family were aligned and captured in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix using this approach. This work provides opportunities for studying and utilizing the anisotropic properties of MOFs in thin film applications.
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- Jin Yeong Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Kimmig J, Zechel S, Schubert US. Digital Transformation in Materials Science: A Paradigm Change in Material's Development. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2004940. [PMID: 33410218 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The ongoing digitalization is rapidly changing and will further revolutionize all parts of life. This statement is currently omnipresent in the media as well as in the scientific community; however, the exact consequences of the proceeding digitalization for the field of materials science in general and the way research will be performed in the future are still unclear. There are first promising examples featuring the potential to change discovery and development approaches toward new materials. Nevertheless, a wide range of open questions have to be solved in order to enable the so-called digital-supported material research. The current state-of-the-art, the present and future challenges, as well as the resulting perspectives for materials science are described.
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- Julian Kimmig
- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, Jena, 07743, Germany
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7, Jena, 07743, Germany
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, Jena, 07743, Germany
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7, Jena, 07743, Germany
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, Jena, 07743, Germany
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7, Jena, 07743, Germany
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Ahmad M, Luo Y, Wöll C, Tsotsalas M, Schug A. Design of Metal-Organic Framework Templated Materials Using High-Throughput Computational Screening. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 25:molecules25214875. [PMID: 33105720 PMCID: PMC7660059 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25214875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The ability to crosslink Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) has recently been discovered as a flexible approach towards synthesizing MOF-templated “ideal network polymers”. Crosslinking MOFs with rigid cross-linkers would allow the synthesis of crystalline Covalent-Organic Frameworks (COFs) of so far unprecedented flexibility in network topologies, far exceeding the conventional direct COF synthesis approach. However, to date only flexible cross-linkers were used in the MOF crosslinking approach, since a rigid cross-linker would require an ideal fit between the MOF structure and the cross-linker, which is experimentally extremely challenging, making in silico design mandatory. Here, we present an effective geometric method to find an ideal MOF cross-linker pair by employing a high-throughput screening approach. The algorithm considers distances, angles, and arbitrary rotations to optimally match the cross-linker inside the MOF structures. In a second, independent step, using Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations we quantitatively confirmed all matches provided by the screening. Our approach thus provides a robust and powerful method to identify ideal MOF/Cross-linker combinations, which helped to identify several MOF-to-COF candidate structures by starting from suitable libraries. The algorithms presented here can be extended to other advanced network structures, such as mechanically interlocked materials or molecular weaving and knots.
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- Momin Ahmad
- Steinbuch Centre for Computing, Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie, Herrmann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany;
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie, Herrmann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; (Y.L.); (C.W.)
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie, Herrmann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; (Y.L.); (C.W.)
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie, Herrmann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; (Y.L.); (C.W.)
- Correspondence: (M.T.); (A.S.)
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- Institute for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Center, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Essen-Duisburg, Universitätsstr. 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
- Correspondence: (M.T.); (A.S.)
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Agrawal M, Sholl DS. Effects of Intrinsic Flexibility on Adsorption Properties of Metal-Organic Frameworks at Dilute and Nondilute Loadings. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:31060-31068. [PMID: 31333011 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Molecular simulation of adsorption in nanoporous materials has become a valuable complement to experimental studies of these materials. In almost all cases, these simulations treat the adsorbing material as rigid. We use molecular simulations to examine the validity of this approximation for the adsorption in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that have framework flexibility without change in their unit cells because of thermal vibrations. All nanoporous materials are subject to this kind of framework flexibility. We examine the adsorption of nine molecules (CO2, CH4, ethane, ethene, propane, propene, butane, Xe, and Kr) and four molecular mixtures (CO2/CH4, ethane/ethene, propane/propene/butane, and Xe/Kr) in 100 MOFs at dilute and nondilute adsorption conditions. Our results show that single-component adsorption uptakes at nondilute conditions are only weakly affected by framework flexibility, but adsorption selectivities at both dilute and nondilute conditions can be significantly affected by flexibility. The most dramatic impacts of framework flexibility occur for adsorption uptake in the limit of dilute adsorption. These results suggest that the importance of including framework flexibility when attempting to make quantitative predictions of adsorption selectivity in MOFs and similar materials may have been underestimated in the past.
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- Mayank Agrawal
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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Kwon O, Kim JY, Park S, Lee JH, Ha J, Park H, Moon HR, Kim J. Computer-aided discovery of connected metal-organic frameworks. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3620. [PMID: 31399593 PMCID: PMC6689093 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11629-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Composite metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) tend to possess complex interfaces that prevent facile and rational design. Here we present a joint computational/experimental workflow that screens thousands of MOFs and identifies the optimal MOF pairs that can seamlessly connect to one another by taking advantage of the fact that the metal nodes of one MOF can form coordination bonds with the linkers of the second MOF. Six MOF pairs (HKUST-1@MOF-5, HKUST-1@IRMOF-18, UiO-67@HKUST-1, PCN-68@MOF-5, UiO-66@MIL-88B(Fe) and UiO-67@MIL-88C(Fe)) yielded from our theoretical predictions were successfully synthesized, leading to clean single crystalline MOF@MOF, demonstrating the power of our joint workflow. Our work can serve as a starting point to accelerate the discovery of novel MOF composites that can potentially be used for many different applications.
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- Ohmin Kwon
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
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Cheng F, Young AJ, Bouillard JSG, Kemp NT, Guillet-Nicolas R, Hall CH, Roberts D, Jaafar AH, Adawi AM, Kleitz F, Imhof A, Reithofer MR, Chin JM. Dynamic Electric Field Alignment of Metal–Organic Framework Microrods. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:12989-12993. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Fei Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry - Functional Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry - Functional Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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- Soft Condensed Matter & Biophysics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CC, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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Luo Y, Ahmad M, Schug A, Tsotsalas M. Rising Up: Hierarchical Metal-Organic Frameworks in Experiments and Simulations. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1901744. [PMID: 31106914 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201901744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Controlled synthesis across several length scales, ranging from discrete molecular building blocks to size- and morphology-controlled nanoparticles to 2D sheets and thin films and finally to 3D architectures, is an advanced and highly active research field within both the metal-organic framework (MOF) domain and the overall material science community. Along with synthetic progress, theoretical simulations of MOF structures and properties have shown tremendous progress in both accuracy and system size. Further advancements in the field of hierarchically structured MOF materials will allow the optimization of their performance; however, this optimization requires a deep understanding of the different synthesis and processing techniques and an enhanced implementation of material modeling. Such modeling approaches will allow us to select and synthesize the highest-performing structures in a targeted rational manner. Here, recent progress in the synthesis of hierarchically structured MOFs and multiscale modeling and associated simulation techniques is presented, along with a brief overview of the challenges and future perspectives associated with a simulation-based approach toward the development of advanced hierarchically structured MOF materials.
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- Yi Luo
- Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Steinbuch Centre for Computing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute for Theoretical Solid State Theory, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, D-76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- John von Neumann Institute for Computing, Jülich Supercomputer Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, D-76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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