Issue 33, 2017

Experimental and theoretical insight into the effect of fluorine substituents on the properties of azine linked covalent organic frameworks

Abstract

Herein we report a combined experimental and computational study on the effect of fluorine atom incorporation on the materials properties of azine-linked COFs. We found that increasing the ratio of fluorinated to non-fluorinated monomers led to substantial improvements in both crystallinity and porosity. Computational models suggest that this improvement might be explained by a substantial energetic stabilization in the face-to-face stacking interaction of the fluorinated COF monomers.

Graphical abstract: Experimental and theoretical insight into the effect of fluorine substituents on the properties of azine linked covalent organic frameworks

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Mar 2017
Accepted
26 Apr 2017
First published
27 Apr 2017

CrystEngComm, 2017,19, 4882-4885

Experimental and theoretical insight into the effect of fluorine substituents on the properties of azine linked covalent organic frameworks

S. B. Alahakoon, G. Occhialini, G. T. McCandless, A. A. K. Karunathilake, S. O. Nielsen and R. A. Smaldone, CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 4882 DOI: 10.1039/C7CE00598A

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