Manometric real-time studies of the mechanochemical synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks
Ivana Brekalo, Wenbing Yuan, Cristina Mottillo, Yuneng Lu, Yuancheng Zhang, José Casabán, K.T. Holman, Stuart L. James, Frédéric Duarte, P. Andrew Williams, Kenneth D. M. Harris, Tomislav Friščić
Abstract
byproduct to produce a complex metal carbonate phase, the structure of which is determined directly from powder X-ray diffraction data. We also show that the formation of the carbonate phase may be prevented by addition of excess ligand. The excess ligand can subsequently be removed by sublimation, and reused. This enables not only the synthesis but also the purification, as well as the activation of the MOF to be performed entirely without solvent.
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Zeolitic imidazolate frameworkImidazolateMetal-organic frameworkSimple (philosophy)Materials scienceProcess engineeringChemical engineeringNanotechnologyInorganic chemistryChemistryOrganic chemistryEngineeringAdsorptionEpistemologyPhilosophyMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCrystallography and molecular interactionsX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography