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Author Spotlight: Characterizing Porous Materials for Aiding the Development of Robust Metal-Organic Frameworks with Adsorption Behavior
Published on: March 8, 2024
Torsion Angle Effect on the Activation of UiO Metal-Organic Frameworks
Ghada Ayoub1,2, Timur Islamoglu2, Subhadip Goswami2
1Department of Chemistry , McGill University , Montreal , Quebec H3A 0B8 , Canada.
Abstract:
We present a systematic investigation of the factors influencing the surface area of zirconium-based UiO-type metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), revealing an important relationship between factors including the conformation of the organic linker in the MOF, surface tension of the guest molecules (solvent), and the stability of MOFs toward activation (removal of guest molecules). The results obtained demonstrate how the structure of the linkers forming the isostructural series of UiO MOFs with fcu topology could alter the resistance and stability of the MOF frameworks toward capillary force-driven structural degradation governed by the solvent during activation.
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