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One-dimensional alignment of defects in a flexible metal-organic framework

Fu, Yao; Forse, Alexander C.; Kang, Zhengzhong; Cliffe, Matthew J.; Cao, Weicheng; Yin, Jinglin; Gao, Lina; Pang, Zhenfeng; He, Tian; Chen, Qinlong; Wang, Qi; Long, Jeffrey R.; Reimer, Jeffrey A.; Kong, Xueqian

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Authors

Yao Fu

Alexander C. Forse

Zhengzhong Kang

Weicheng Cao

Jinglin Yin

Lina Gao

Zhenfeng Pang

Tian He

Qinlong Chen

Qi Wang

Jeffrey R. Long

Jeffrey A. Reimer

Xueqian Kong



Abstract

Crystalline materials are often considered to have rigid periodic lattices, while soft materials are associated with flexibility and nonperiodicity. The continuous evolution of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has erased the boundaries between these two distinct conceptions. Flexibility, disorder, and defects have been found to be abundant in MOF materials with imperfect crystallinity, and their intricate interplay is poorly understood because of the limited strategies for characterizing disordered structures. Here, we apply advanced nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to elucidate the mesoscale structures in a defective MOF with a semicrystalline lattice. We show that engineered defects can tune the degree of lattice flexibility by combining both ordered and disordered compartments. The one-dimensional alignment of correlated defects is the key for the reversible topological transition. The unique matrix is featured with both rigid framework of nanoporosity and flexible linkage of high swellability.

Citation

Fu, Y., Forse, A. C., Kang, Z., Cliffe, M. J., Cao, W., Yin, J., …Kong, X. (2023). One-dimensional alignment of defects in a flexible metal-organic framework. Science Advances, 9(6), Article eade6975. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade6975

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 9, 2023
Online Publication Date Feb 10, 2023
Publication Date Feb 10, 2023
Deposit Date Feb 20, 2023
Publicly Available Date Feb 21, 2023
Journal Science Advances
Electronic ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 6
Article Number eade6975
DOI https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade6975
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/17624433
Publisher URL https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade6975
Additional Information Received: 2022-09-01; Accepted: 2023-01-09; Published: 2023-02-10

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