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Time‐Resolved In Situ Diffraction Study of the Solvothermal Crystallization of Some Prototypical Metal–Organic Frameworks
Author(s) -
Millange Franck,
Medina Manuela I.,
Guillou Nathalie,
Férey Gérard,
Golden Kathryn M.,
Walton Richard I.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200905627
Subject(s) - nucleation , crystallization , metastability , diffraction , metal organic framework , in situ , crystallography , carboxylate , materials science , argument (complex analysis) , chemistry , nanotechnology , computer science , physics , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , optics , adsorption , biochemistry
Inside story : In situ diffraction observations of the crystallization of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) constructed from transition‐metal ions and carboxylate ligands reveal that while some show classical nucleation‐growth kinetics, others are formed via metastable transient phases (see picture).