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Author Spotlight: Experimental Approaches for the Synthesis of Low-Valent Metal-Organic Frameworks from Multitopic Phosphine Linkers
Published on: May 12, 2023
The Influence of Chemical Modification on Linker Rotational Dynamics in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Joshua T Damron1, Jialiu Ma1, Ricardo Kurz2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1055, USA.
Abstract:
The robust synthetic flexibility of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offers a promising class of tailorable materials, for which the ability to tune specific physicochemical properties is highly desired. This is achievable only through a thorough description of the consequences for chemical manipulations both in structure and dynamics. Magic angle spinning solid-state NMR spectroscopy offers many modalities in this pursuit, particularly for dynamic studies. Herein, we employ a separated-local-field NMR approach to show how specific intraframework chemical modifications to MOF UiO-66 heavily modulate the dynamic evolution of the organic ring moiety over several orders of magnitude.
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