title: Postsynthetic bromination of UiO-66 analogues: altering linker flexibility and mechanical compliance.
abstract: A new member of the UiO-66 series of zirconium metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is reported, and the postsynthetic bromination of its integral alkene moeities in a single-crystal to single-crystal manner is fully characterised. Nanoindentation is used to probe the bromination of unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds, in it and an analogous Zr MOF, which leads to more compliant materials with lower elastic moduli.
authors.affiliation: WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, The University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Ross.Forgan@glasgow.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ross J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK. tdb35@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK.
authors.forename: Claire L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hobday
authors.affiliation: WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, The University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Ross.Forgan@glasgow.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Colin F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Murphie
authors.affiliation: WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, The University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Ross.Forgan@glasgow.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK.
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Moggach
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK. tdb35@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.affiliation: WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, The University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Ross.Forgan@glasgow.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ross S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Forgan