Issue 40, 2017

Tuning the gate-opening pressure and particle size distribution of the switchable metal–organic framework DUT-8(Ni) by controlled nucleation in a micromixer

Abstract

Controlled nucleation in a micromixer and further crystal growth were used to synthesize Ni2(2,6-ndc)2dabco (2,6-ndc – 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate, dabco – 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane), also termed DUT-8(Ni) (DUT = Dresden University of Technology), with narrow particle size distribution in a range of a few nm to several μm. The crystal size was found to significantly affect the switching characteristics, in particular the gate opening pressure in nitrogen adsorption isotherms at 77 K for this highly porous and flexible network. Below a critical size of about 500 nm, a type Ia isotherm typical of rigid MOFs is observed, while above approximately 1000 nm a pronounced gating behaviour is detected, starting at p/p0 = 0.2. With increasing crystal size this transition gate becomes steeper indicating a more uniform distribution of activation energies within the crystal ensemble. At an intermediate size (500–1000 nm), the DUT-8(Ni) crystals close during activation but cannot be reopened by nitrogen at 77 K possibly indicating monodomain switching.

Graphical abstract: Tuning the gate-opening pressure and particle size distribution of the switchable metal–organic framework DUT-8(Ni) by controlled nucleation in a micromixer

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 Jul 2017
Accepted
16 Sep 2017
First published
18 Sep 2017

Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 14002-14011

Tuning the gate-opening pressure and particle size distribution of the switchable metal–organic framework DUT-8(Ni) by controlled nucleation in a micromixer

H. Miura, V. Bon, I. Senkovska, S. Ehrling, S. Watanabe, M. Ohba and S. Kaskel, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 14002 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT02809A

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