Controllable Modular Growth of Hierarchical MOF-on-MOF Architectures

Yifan Gu; Yi-Nan Wu; Liangchun Li; Wei Chen; Fengting Li; Susumu Kitagawa

doi:10.1002/anie.201709738

Controllable Modular Growth of Hierarchical MOF-on-MOF Architectures

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Dec 4;56(49):15658-15662. doi: 10.1002/anie.201709738. Epub 2017 Nov 8.

Authors

Yifan Gu¹, Yi-Nan Wu¹, Liangchun Li², Wei Chen¹, Fengting Li¹, Susumu Kitagawa³

Affiliations

¹ College of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Siping Rd 1239, 200092, Shanghai, China.
² Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Siping Rd 1239, 200092, Shanghai, China.
³ Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.

PMID: 29048720
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201709738

Abstract

Fabrication of hybrid MOF-on-MOF heteroarchitectures can create novel and multifunctional platforms to achieve desired properties. However, only MOFs with similar crystallographic parameters can be hybridized by the classical epitaxial growth method (EGM), which largely suppressed its applications. A general strategy, called internal extended growth method (IEGM), is demonstrated for the feasible assembly of MOFs with distinct crystallographic parameters in an MOF matrix. Various MOFs with diverse functions could be introduced in a modular MOF matrix to form 3D core-satellite pluralistic hybrid system. The number of different MOF crystals interspersed could be varied on demand. More importantly, the different MOF crystals distributed in individual domains could be used to further incorporate functional units or enhance target functions.

Keywords: functionalization; metal-organic frameworks; modular growth; nanostructures; synthesis design.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't