Hierarchical structure and porosity in UiO-66 polyMOFs

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Mar 9;53(21):3058-3061. doi: 10.1039/c6cc10225e.

Abstract

The first polymer-MOF hybrid material (polyMOF) with a UiO-66 architecture is reported, prepared from polymers with varying alkyl spacers, molecular weights, and dispersities. With appropriate spacing, mesoporous UiO-66 polyMOF can be obtained having an uncommon, interlaced crystal morphology, suggesting that polyMOFs can be used to generate MOF materials with hierarchical architectures.