Issue 81, 2017

Reversible structural switching of a metal–organic framework by photoirradiation

Abstract

A photoresponsive metal organic framework material undergoes switching of its pore volume and sorption capacity. UV irradiation of the crystals causes cyclisation within the bis-thienylcyclopentene bridging ligands, thereby altering the node positions relative to one another along the Zn–L–Zn linkages. Incorporation of conformational flexibility into the dicarboxylic acid co-ligands facilitates the change in the framework geometry enforced by photocyclisation.

Graphical abstract: Reversible structural switching of a metal–organic framework by photoirradiation

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Aug 2017
Accepted
23 Aug 2017
First published
23 Aug 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 11142-11145

Reversible structural switching of a metal–organic framework by photoirradiation

V. I. Nikolayenko, S. A. Herbert and L. J. Barbour, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 11142 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC06074B

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