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A zirconium squarate metal-organic framework with modulator-dependent molecular sieving properties
Bart Bueken1, Helge Reinsch, Nele Reimer
1Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23 post box 2461, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. dirk.devos@biw.kuleuven.be.
Abstract:
We report the first zirconium metal-organic framework based on squaric acid, representing the member with the smallest unit cell in the isoreticular UiO-66 family. Its molecular sieving properties are strongly influenced by the monocarboxylic acid modulator incorporated during synthesis.

