Linker depletion for missing cluster defects in non-UiO Metal-Organic Frameworks
Autor: | Sergio Tatay, Isabel Abánades Lázaro, Carlos Martí-Gastaldo, Neyvis Almora-Barrios, Catalin Popescu |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Diffraction
Scattering chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry Metal-Organic Frameworks Defects Titanium Coordination modulation 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Characterization (materials science) Chemistry chemistry Chemical physics Cluster (physics) Metal-organic framework 0210 nano-technology Porosity Nanoscopic scale Titanium |
Zdroj: | Chemical Science |
ISSN: | 2041-6520 |
DOI: | 10.1039/d1sc02408f |
Popis: | Defect engineering is a valuable tool to tune the properties of metal–organic frameworks. However, defect chemistry remains still predominantly limited to UiO-type MOFs. We describe the preferential formation of missing cluster defects in heterometallic titanium–organic frameworks of the MUV-10 family when synthesised in sub-stoichiometric linker conditions. Our results show the value of integrating experimental work, computational modelling and thorough characterization in rationalizing the impact of defects over the porosity and structure of this family of materials. Correlation of experiment with computational models reveals the dominance of missing cluster vacancies in the pore size distribution of defective MUV-10. These same models were used to investigate the correlation of defects by synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The diffraction at low reflection angles is dominated by diffuse scattering that is indicative of short-range order and cannot be indexed to the defective structural models generated. In addition to the low atomic scattering factor of titanium, these results confirm the need for high-resolution electron microscopy methods for modelling nanoscale disorder in titanium MOFs. Synthesis of MUV-10 in sub-stoichiometric linker conditions favours the formation of missing cluster vacancies for direct impact in their porosity. |
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