Kinetically tuned dimensional augmentation as a versatile synthetic route towards robust metal–organic frameworks

CATEGORY: METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS 
Kinetically tuned dimensional augmentation as a versatile synthetic route towards robust metal–organic frameworks

Type	Journal Article
Author	Dawei Feng
Author	Kecheng Wang
URL	http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/141204/ncomms6723/full/ncomms6723.html#affil-auth
Volume	5
Publication	Nature Communications
Date	December 4, 2014
Abstract	Much research has been done on metal–organic frameworks with high stability because of the sustainability requirement for practical applications. However, researchers have had great difficulty synthesizing chemically ultra-stable, highly porous metal–organic frameworks in the form of crystalline solids, especially as single crystals. Authors present a kinetically tuned dimensional augmentation synthetic route for the preparation of highly crystalline and extremely robust metal–organic frameworks with a preserved metal cluster core. Via this versatile synthetic route, they obtain large single crystals of 34 different iron-containing metal–organic frameworks. Among them, PCN-250(Fe2Co) exhibits high volumetric uptake of hydrogen and methane. In addition, it is stable in water and aqueous solutions with a wide range of pH values.