Abstract
The assembly of ultra-complex structures from simple building units remains a long-term challenge in chemistry. Using small molecular building blocks (MBBs) in a mixed-ligand approach permitted the assembly of unprecedented metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), M-kum-MOF-1 (M = Y, Tb), exhibiting extra-large mesoporous cavities with small access windows. The ultra-complex cage of M-kum-MOF-1 consists of 240 vertices bridged by 432 edges, leading to a 194 faces-containing tile. This tile exhibits more faces than in any periodic structures (zeolites, MOFs, metal-organic polyhedra [MOPs], etc.) known to date. M-kum-MOF-1 not only possess zeolitic features (anionic framework), but they also contain an underlying wse zeolitic topology, which is observed for the first time.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 567-577 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Chem |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Accepted/In press - 2024 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- metal-organic framework
- molecular cage
- polyhedra
- reticular chemistry
- SDG7: Affordable and clean energy
- self-assembly
- topology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Environmental Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Biochemistry, medical
- Materials Chemistry