Designing higher surface area metal-organic frameworks: are triple bonds better than phenyls?
We have synthesized, characterized, and computationally validated the high Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area and hydrogen uptake of a new, noncatenating metal-organic framework (MOF) material, NU-111. Our results imply that replacing the phenyl spacers of organic linkers with triple-bond spacers is an effective strategy for boosting molecule-accessible gravimetric surface areas of MOFs and related high-porosity materials.
Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA. o-farha@northwestern.edu
Omar K
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Farha
Christopher E
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Wilmer
Ibrahim
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Eryazici
Brad G
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Hauser
Philip A
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Parilla
Kevin
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O'Neill
Amy A
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Sarjeant
SonBinh T
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Nguyen
Randall Q
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Snurr
Joseph T
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Hupp