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Regulating the Topologies of Zirconium-Organic Frameworks for a Crystal Sponge Applicable to Inorganic Matter
Xiao-Ning Wang1, Yu-Meng Zhao1, Angelo Kirchon2
1Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
Abstract:
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been explored as crystal sponges (CSs) to organic substrates, but attention had rarely been paid to inorganic substrates. Herein, hierarchical zirconium-based MOFs exhibiting different topological structures had been fabricated by modulating the functional groups of the V-shaped linkers, including a new 4-fold-interpenetrating one, which displays a great performance as a CS applicable to inorganic matter (I2 and ReO4-) even in the extreme conditions.
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