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A Flexible Metal–Organic Framework with 4‑Connected Zr6 Nodes
dataset
posted on 2018-08-16, 00:00 authored by Yuanyuan Zhang, Xuan Zhang, Jiafei Lyu, Ken-ichi Otake, Xingjie Wang, Louis R. Redfern, Christos D. Malliakas, Zhanyong Li, Timur Islamoglu, Bo Wang, Omar K. FarhaZr-based metal–organic frameworks
(MOFs) have been known
for their excellent stability; however, due to the high connectivity
of the Zr6 nodes, it is challenging to introduce flexibility
into Zr-MOFs. Here we present a flexible Zr-MOF named NU-1400 comprising 4-connected Zr6 nodes and tetratopic linkers.
It exhibits guest-dependent structural flexibility with up to 48%
contraction in the unit cell volume as evidenced by single-crystal
X-ray diffraction studies. The expanded or contracted conformations
of NU-1400 showed drastically different reactivity toward
the hydrolysis of a nerve agent simulant owing to the size-selective
effect toward the reactant.
