A Breathing Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework with Reversible Loss of Crystallinity by Correlated Nanodomain Formation

作者:Bueken Bart; Vermoortele Frederik; Cliffe Matthew J; Wharmby Michael T; Foucher Damien; Wieme Jelle; Vanduyfhuys Louis; Martineau Charlotte; Stock Norbert; Taulelle Francis; Van Speybroeck Veronique; Goodwin Andrew L; De Vos Dirk
来源:Chemistry - A European Journal, 2016, 22(10): 3264-3267.
DOI:10.1002/chem.201600330

摘要

The isoreticular analogue of the metal-organic framework UiO-66(Zr), synthesized with the flexible trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid as linker, shows a peculiar breathing behavior by reversibly losing long-range crystalline order upon evacuation. The underlying flexibility is attributed to a concerted conformational contraction of up to two thirds of the linkers, which breaks the local lattice symmetry. X-ray scattering data are described well by a nanodomain model in which differently oriented tetragonal-type distortions propagate over about 7-10 unit cells.