title: Photoswitching in two-component surface-mounted metal-organic frameworks: optically triggered release from a molecular container.
abstract: The remote control of surface properties is one of the key challenges in interfacial systems chemistry. Here, we report the realization of a SURMOF (surface-mounted metal-organic framework)-based hybrid system in which a crucial component can be switched by light. The realization of this two-component system is made possible by installing vertical compositional gradients via liquid-phase epitaxy. After loading the porous coating with guest molecules, its release is initiated by illumination with visible light and monitored by a quartz crystal microbalance.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heinke
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakici
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dommaschk
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grosjean
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herges
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bräse
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wöll