title: Nanocrystals of [Cu3(btc)2] (HKUST-1): a combined time-resolved light scattering and scanning electron microscopy study.
abstract: The formation of [Cu(3)(btc)(2)] (HKUST-1; btc = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate) nanocrystals from a super-saturated mother solution at room temperature was monitored by time-resolved light scattering (TLS); the system is characterized by a rapid growth up to a size limit of 200 nm within a few minutes, and the size and shape of the crystallites were also determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
authors.affiliation: Anorganische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zacher
authors.forename: Jianing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Roland A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000073396:Metal-Organic Frameworks; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000073396:Metal-Organic Frameworks; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C539834:bis(1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)tricopper(II); D003300:Copper