Issue 27, 2021

Infrared crystallography for framework and linker orientation in metal–organic framework films

Abstract

Pore alignment and linker orientation influence diffusion and guest molecule interactions in metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and play a pivotal role for successful utilization of MOFs. The crystallographic orientation and the degree of orientation of MOF films are generally determined using X-ray diffraction. However, diffraction methods reach their limit when it comes to very thin films, identification of chemical connectivity or the orientation of organic functional groups in MOFs. Cu-based 2D MOF and 3D MOF films prepared via layer-by-layer method and from aligned Cu(OH)2 substrates were studied with polarization-dependent Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in transmission and attenuated total reflection configuration. Thereby, the degrees for in-plane and out-of-plane orientation, the aromatic linker orientation and the initial alignment during layer-by-layer MOF growth, which is impossible to investigate by laboratory XRD equipment, was determined. Experimental IR spectra correlate with theoretical explanations, paving the way to expand the principle of IR crystallography to oriented, organic–inorganic hybrid films beyond MOFs.

Graphical abstract: Infrared crystallography for framework and linker orientation in metal–organic framework films

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
28 4月 2021
Accepted
07 6月 2021
First published
18 6月 2021
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 9298-9308

Infrared crystallography for framework and linker orientation in metal–organic framework films

B. Baumgartner, K. Ikigaki, K. Okada and M. Takahashi, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 9298 DOI: 10.1039/D1SC02370E

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