Coassembly of Complementary Polyhedral Metal–Organic Framework Particles into Binary Ordered Superstructures
Lingxin Meng, Javier Fonseca, Roberto Sánchez‐Naya, Amir Mohammad Ghadiri, Inhar Imaz, Daniel Maspoch
Abstract
High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Here we report the formation of a 3D NaCl-type binary porous superstructure via coassembly of two colloidal polyhedral metal–organic framework (MOF) particles having complementary sizes, shapes, and charges. We employed a polymeric-attenuated Coulombic self-assembly approach, which also facilitated the coassembly of these MOF particles with spherical polystyrene particles to form 2D binary superstructures. Our results pave the way for using MOFs to create sophisticated superstructures comprising particles of various sizes, shapes, porosities, and chemical compositions.
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ChemistrySuperstructureBinary numberMetal-organic frameworkPorosityMetalChemical engineeringCrystallographyNanotechnologyPolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryThermodynamicsAdsorptionArithmeticMaterials sciencePhysicsEngineeringMathematicsMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsNanocluster Synthesis and Applications