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Metal–Organic Frameworks: Metal–Organic Frameworks Capable of Healing at Low Temperatures (Adv. Mater. 42/2013)
Author(s) -
Chen Ziguang,
Wang Gonghua,
Xu Zhanping,
Li Hui,
Dhôtel Alexandre,
Zeng Xiao Cheng,
Chen Banglin,
Saiter JeanMarc,
Tan Li
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201370265
Subject(s) - materials science , metal organic framework , ionic bonding , metal , polar , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , composite material , metallurgy , ion , organic chemistry , chemistry , physics , adsorption , astronomy , engineering
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are important to many sectors of science and engineering. The slight ionic nature of their coordination bonds make them dynamic or unstable in a polar medium. On page 6106, Li Tan and co‐workers report that missing building blocks in MOFs can be patched back to the defect sites, and that mended crystals at a low temperature show significantly improved appearance and mechanical properties.