Crystallography of metal–organic frameworks
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are one of the most intensely studied material types in recent times. Their networks, resulting from the formation of strong bonds between inorganic and organic building units, offer unparalled chemical diversity and pore environments of growing complexity. Therefore,...
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| description | Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are one of the most intensely studied material types in recent times. Their networks, resulting from the formation of strong bonds between inorganic and organic building units, offer unparalled chemical diversity and pore environments of growing complexity. Therefore, advances in single-crystal X-ray diffraction equipment and techniques are required to characterize materials with increasingly larger surface areas, and more complex linkers. In addition, whilst structure solution from powder diffraction data is possible, the area is much less populated and we detail the current efforts going on here. We also review the growing number of reports on diffraction under non-ambient conditions, including the response of MOF structures to very high pressures. Such experiments are important due to the expected presence of stresses in proposed applications of MOFs – evidence suggesting rich and complex behaviour. Given the entwined and inseparable nature of their structure, properties and applications, it is essential that the field of structural elucidation is able to continue growing and advancing, so as not to provide a rate-limiting step on characterization of their properties and incorporation into devices and applications. This review has been prepared with this in mind. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1cdbd82d8b945b89e8615b432c253f52022-12-21T17:15:19ZengInternational Union of CrystallographyIUCrJ2052-25252014-11-011656357010.1107/S2052252514020351bi5036Crystallography of metal–organic frameworksFelipe Gándara0Thomas D. Bennett1Department of New Architectures in Materials Chemistry, Materials Science Institute of Madrid – CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, Madrid 28049, SpainDepartment of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, EnglandMetal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are one of the most intensely studied material types in recent times. Their networks, resulting from the formation of strong bonds between inorganic and organic building units, offer unparalled chemical diversity and pore environments of growing complexity. Therefore, advances in single-crystal X-ray diffraction equipment and techniques are required to characterize materials with increasingly larger surface areas, and more complex linkers. In addition, whilst structure solution from powder diffraction data is possible, the area is much less populated and we detail the current efforts going on here. We also review the growing number of reports on diffraction under non-ambient conditions, including the response of MOF structures to very high pressures. Such experiments are important due to the expected presence of stresses in proposed applications of MOFs – evidence suggesting rich and complex behaviour. Given the entwined and inseparable nature of their structure, properties and applications, it is essential that the field of structural elucidation is able to continue growing and advancing, so as not to provide a rate-limiting step on characterization of their properties and incorporation into devices and applications. This review has been prepared with this in mind.http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2052252514020351MOFsnon-ambient crystallographycrystal growth |
| spellingShingle | Felipe Gándara Thomas D. Bennett Crystallography of metal–organic frameworks IUCrJ MOFs non-ambient crystallography crystal growth |
| title | Crystallography of metal–organic frameworks |
| title_full | Crystallography of metal–organic frameworks |
| title_fullStr | Crystallography of metal–organic frameworks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crystallography of metal–organic frameworks |
| title_short | Crystallography of metal–organic frameworks |
| title_sort | crystallography of metal organic frameworks |
| topic | MOFs non-ambient crystallography crystal growth |
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