title: Growth mechanism of metal-organic frameworks: insights into the nucleation by employing a step-by-step route.
abstract: One step at a time: The in situ monitoring of the step-by-step formation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) by using surface plasmon resonance (SPR), allows the nucleation process and the formation of the secondary building units to be investigated. Growth rates on functionalized organic surfaces with different crystallographic orientations can also be studied.
authors.affiliation: Physical Chemistry I, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shekhah
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zacher
authors.forename: Roland A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wöll