Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Control of structural flexibility of layered-pillared metal-organic frameworks anchored at surfaces

  • Suttipong Wannapaiboon,
  • Andreas Schneemann,
  • Inke Hante,
  • Min Tu,
  • Konstantin Epp,
  • Anna Lisa Semrau,
  • Christian Sternemann,
  • Michael Paulus,
  • Samuel J. Baxter,
  • Gregor Kieslich,
  • Roland A. Fischer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08285-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Understanding the structural dynamics of flexible metal-organic frameworks at a thin-film level is key if they are to be implemented in devices. Here, Fischer and colleagues anchor flexible MOF crystallites onto substrates and identify a structural responsiveness that is distinct to that of the bulk.