A Breathing Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework with Reversible Loss of Crystallinity by Correlated Nanodomain Formation

Bueken, Bart; Vermoortele, Frederik; Cliffe, Matthew J.; Wharmby, Michael T.; Foucher, Damien; Wieme, Jelle; Vanduyfhuys, Louis; Martineau, Charlotte; Stock, Norbert; Taulelle, Francis; Van?Speybroeck, Veronique; Goodwin, Andrew L.; De?Vos, Dirk

Abstract

The isoreticular analogue of the metal–organic framework UiO‐66(Zr), synthesized with the flexible trans‐1,4‐cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid as linker, shows a peculiar breathing behavior by reversibly losing long‐range crystalline order upon evacuation. The underlying flexibility is attributed to a concerted conformational contraction of up to two thirds of the linkers, which breaks the local lattice symmetry. X‐ray scattering data are described well by a nanodomain model in which differently oriented tetragonal‐type distortions propagate over about 7–10 unit cells.

Citation

Bueken, B., Vermoortele, F., Cliffe, M. J., Wharmby, M. T., Foucher, D., Wieme, J., Vanduyfhuys, L., Martineau, C., Stock, N., Taulelle, F., Van Speybroeck, V., Goodwin, A. L., & De Vos, D. (2016). A Breathing Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework with Reversible Loss of Crystallinity by Correlated Nanodomain Formation. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(10), 3264-3267. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600330

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 2, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Feb 11, 2016
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 30, 2020
• Journal: Chemistry - A European Journal
• Print ISSN: 0947-6539
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 3264-3267
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600330
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3020378
• Publisher URL: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.201600330