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Controllable Modular Growth of Hierarchical MOF‐on‐MOF Architectures
Author(s) -
Gu Yifan,
Wu Yinan,
Li Liangchun,
Chen Wei,
Li Fengting,
Kitagawa Susumu
Publication year - 2017
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.201709738
Subject(s) - modular design , materials science , fabrication , nanotechnology , metal organic framework , matrix (chemical analysis) , computer science , distributed computing , topology (electrical circuits) , chemistry , mathematics , pathology , medicine , alternative medicine , adsorption , composite material , operating system , organic chemistry , combinatorics
Fabrication of hybrid MOF‐on‐MOF heteroarchitectures can create novel and multifunctional platforms to achieve desired properties. However, only MOFs with similar crystallographic parameters can be hybridized by the classical epitaxial growth method (EGM), which largely suppressed its applications. A general strategy, called internal extended growth method (IEGM), is demonstrated for the feasible assembly of MOFs with distinct crystallographic parameters in an MOF matrix. Various MOFs with diverse functions could be introduced in a modular MOF matrix to form 3D core–satellite pluralistic hybrid system. The number of different MOF crystals interspersed could be varied on demand. More importantly, the different MOF crystals distributed in individual domains could be used to further incorporate functional units or enhance target functions.