title: Highly Porous Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks with β-UH3-like Topology Based on Elongated Tetrahedral Linkers.
abstract: Two non-interpenetrated zirconium metal-organic frameworks (Zr-MOFs), NPF-200 and NPF-201, were synthesized via the assembly of elongated tetrahedral linkers with Zr6 and Zr8 clusters. They represent the first examples of MOFs to have the β-UH3-like, 4,12,12T1 topology. Upon activation, NPF-200 exhibits the largest BET surface area (5463 m(2) g(-1)) and void volume (81.6%) among all MOFs formed from tetrahedral ligands. Composed of negative-charged boron-centered tetrahedral linkers, NPF-201 is an anionic Zr-MOF which selectively uptakes photoactive [Ru(bpy)3](2+) for heterogeneous photo-oxidation of thioanisole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States.
authors.forename: Jacob A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: ChemMatCARS, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States.
authors.forename: Yu-Sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang