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Metal-Organic Nanosheets Formed via Defect-Mediated Transformation of a Hafnium Metal-Organic Framework

Cliffe, MJ; Castillo-Martinez, E; Wu, Y; Lee, J; Forse, AC; Firth, FCN; Moghadam, PZ; ... Grey, CP; + view all (2017) Metal-Organic Nanosheets Formed via Defect-Mediated Transformation of a Hafnium Metal-Organic Framework. Journal of The American Chemical Society , 139 (15) pp. 5397-5404. 10.1021/jacs.7b00106. Green open access

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Abstract

We report a hafnium-containing MOF, hcp UiO-67(Hf), which is a ligand-deficient layered analogue of the face-centered cubic fcu UiO-67(Hf). hcp UiO-67 accommodates its lower ligand:metal ratio compared to fcu UiO-67 through a new structural mechanism: the formation of a condensed “double cluster” (Hf12O8(OH)14), analogous to the condensation of coordination polyhedra in oxide frameworks. In oxide frameworks, variable stoichiometry can lead to more complex defect structures, e.g., crystallographic shear planes or modules with differing compositions, which can be the source of further chemical reactivity; likewise, the layered hcp UiO-67 can react further to reversibly form a two-dimensional metal–organic framework, hxl UiO-67. Both three-dimensional hcp UiO-67 and two-dimensional hxl UiO-67 can be delaminated to form metal–organic nanosheets. Delamination of hcp UiO-67 occurs through the cleavage of strong hafnium-carboxylate bonds and is effected under mild conditions, suggesting that defect-ordered MOFs could be a productive route to porous two-dimensional materials.

Type: Article
Title: Metal-Organic Nanosheets Formed via Defect-Mediated Transformation of a Hafnium Metal-Organic Framework
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00106
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b00106
Language: English
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Keywords: Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Multidisciplinary, Chemistry, Modulated Synthesis, Powder Diffraction, Perovskite, Catalysts, Zeolites, Oxides, Series, Functionalization, Refinement, Geometry
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1556979
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