Issue 84, 2020

Fatty acids as biomimetic replication agents for luminescent metal–organic framework patterns

Abstract

Luminescent metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are known to spontaneously self-assemble on human fingerprints. Here, we investigate the different chemical components of fingerprints and determine that MOF growth is predominantly induced by insoluble fatty acids. This finding shows that these simple biomolecules can be employed for the precise positioning of luminescent MOFs.

Graphical abstract: Fatty acids as biomimetic replication agents for luminescent metal–organic framework patterns

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 jun 2020
Accepted
11 sep 2020
First published
11 sep 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 12733-12736

Fatty acids as biomimetic replication agents for luminescent metal–organic framework patterns

M. R. Hafner, F. Carraro, L. A. Brandner, S. Maniam, G. Grenci, S. Ljubojevic-Holzer, H. Bischof, R. Malli, S. M. Borisov, C. Doonan and P. Falcaro, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 12733 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC03876H

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