Real-Time Molecular-Scale Imaging of Dynamic Network Switching between Covalent Organic Frameworks
Gaolei Zhan, Zhen‐Feng Cai, Marta Martínez‐Abadía, Aurelio Mateo‐Alonso, Steven De Feyter
Abstract
on-surface conversion process from boroxine-linked covalent organic frameworks (COFs) to boronate ester-linked COFs is triggered and catalyzed at room temperature by an electric field and monitored with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The adaptive behavior within the generated dynamic covalent libraries (DCLs) was revealed, providing in-depth understanding of the dynamic network switching process.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCovalent bondScanning tunneling microscopeNanotechnologyDynamic covalent chemistryMolecular switchIn situMoleculeOrganic chemistrySupramolecular chemistryMaterials scienceCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsSurface Chemistry and CatalysisLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials