title: Stabilization of metal-organic frameworks with high surface areas by the incorporation of mesocavities with microwindows.
abstract: Reactions between two novel hexatopic carboxylate ligands and copper salts give rise to two isostructural metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with a (3,24)-connected network topology containing both micro- and mesocavities with sizes of up to 3 nm. Both frameworks retain their porosity after guest-molecule removal, leading to high surface areas. Constructing MOFs containing mesocavities with microwindows may serve as a general approach toward stable MOFs with high surface areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842, USA.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Daqiang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Daofeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hong-Cai
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zhou