title: Crystalline structural intermediates of a breathing metal-organic framework that functions as a luminescent sensor and gas reservoir.
abstract: A rod-packing, breathing MOF (1), with two crystalline structural intermediates (1 a and 1 b; H(2) btca = benzotriazole-5-carboxylic acid) has been investigated. An underlying net approach for analyzing possible breathing MOFs, and a set of geometric parameters that can quantitatively describe such a breathing structural feature, are suggested. The 3D luminescent MOF is a promising candidate for specific sensors with exceptional sorption capacity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Shantou University, Guangdong 515063, PR China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Mian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bao-Yu
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-Chun
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li