title: A Microporous Lanthanide-Organic Framework.
abstract: Stable zeolite-like microporosity, even in the absence of guest molecules, is exhibited by a lanthanide-benzenedicarboxylate (BDC) framework, which was synthesized by the copolymerization of Tb(III) and 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid. The open Tb-BDC framework adopts an expanded PtS network structure (see diagram; Tb: open circles; C: full circles; lines connecting Tb to C represent O atoms, and those connecting C atoms are benzene rings) and is capable of reversible gas and liquid sorption.
authors.affiliation: Materials Design and Discovery Group, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Box 871604, Tempe, AZ 85287 (USA).
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Reineke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eddaoudi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Keeffe
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Yaghi