title: Switchable Surface Hydrophobicity-Hydrophilicity of a Metal-Organic Framework.
abstract: Materials with surfaces that can be switched from high/superhydrophobicity to superhydrophilicity are useful for myriad applications. Herein, we report a metal-organic framework (MOF) assembled from ZnIIions, 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate, and a hydrophobic carborane-based linker. The MOF crystal-surface can be switched between hydrophobic and superhydrophilic through a chemical treatment to remove some of the building blocks.
authors.affiliation: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Hermida
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: Min Ying
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.affiliation: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vignatti
authors.affiliation: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Kyriakos C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Stylianou
authors.affiliation: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guillerm
authors.affiliation: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez-Carvajal
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Teixidor
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viñas
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos, IACT, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, Av. de las Palmeras 4, 18100, Armilla, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Duane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choquesillo-Lazarte
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos, IACT, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, Av. de las Palmeras 4, 18100, Armilla, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristóbal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verdugo-Escamilla
authors.affiliation: Campus Limpertsberg, Université du Luxembourg, 162 A, avenue de la Faïencerie, 1511, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Inmaculada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Peral
authors.affiliation: Alba Synchrotron Light Facility, 08290, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Juanhuix
authors.affiliation: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verdaguer
authors.affiliation: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Inhar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Imaz
authors.affiliation: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.|ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maspoch
authors.affiliation: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giner Planas
keywords: carboranes; hydrophilicity; hydrophobicity; metal-organic frameworks; surface chemistry