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Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks
Published on: September 5, 2014
Self-template-directed formation of coordination-polymer hexagonal tubes and rings, and their calcination to ZnO
Soyoung Jung1, Won Cho, Hee Jung Lee
1Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|December 17, 2008
Abstract:
This template will self-destruct: A unique particle-growth mechanism involves growth of new coordination polymers on the surface of initially formed hexagonal blocks and concomitant dissolution of the blocks to form hexagonal tubes (see scheme and scanning electron, optical, and fluorescence microscopy images). Calcination of the tubes yields ZnO particles of the same shape.

