Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Unraveling the molecular mechanism of MIL-53(Al) crystallization

  • Daniil Salionov,
  • Olesya O. Semivrazhskaya,
  • Nicola P. M. Casati,
  • Marco Ranocchiari,
  • Saša Bjelić,
  • René Verel,
  • Jeroen A. van Bokhoven,
  • Vitaly L. Sushkevich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31294-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The discovery and control of the synthesis of metal–organic frameworks remains challenging due to the lack of understanding of their nucleation and growth. Here, the authors report a detailed molecular-level mechanism of the formation of MIL-53(Al).