title: Hetero-epitaxial approach by using labile coordination sites to prepare catenated metal-organic frameworks with high surface areas.
abstract: A solid-state approach that takes advantage of the ordered 3D arrangement of active secondary building units allows the preparation of new interlocked MOFs that grow hetero-epitaxially on the crystal faces of a precursor phase that acts as a "topological blueprint". The synthetic strategy is exemplified by using rigid acetylene-based ligands to produce highly augmented Cu(II) acetate-based MOFs.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry & CRANN, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2 (Ireland).
authors.forename: Nianyong
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lennox
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tobin
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Düren
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schmitt
keywords: coordination chemistry; copper; epitaxy; metal-organic frameworks; supramolecular chemistry