Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Molecular weaving via surface-templated epitaxy of crystalline coordination networks.

  • Zhengbang Wang,
  • Alfred Błaszczyk,
  • Olaf Fuhr,
  • Stefan Heissler,
  • Christof Wöll,
  • Marcel Mayor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14442
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The self-assembly of polymer threads into interwoven textiles is an important goal in polymer chemistry. Here the authors assemble interwoven polymer chains by cross-linking acetylene functionalized ligands in surface-mounted MOFs and subsequent removal of the metal ions affords 2D textile sheets.