Understanding and controlling the nucleation and growth of metal-organic frameworks

Metal-organic frameworks offer a diverse landscape of building blocks to design high performance materials for implications in almost every major industry. With this diversity stems complex crystallization mechanisms with various pathways and intermediates. Crystallization studies have been key to t...

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Published in:Chemical Society reviews 2023-10, Vol.52 (2), p.6918-6937
Main Authors: Carpenter, Brooke P, Talosig, A. Rain, Rose, Ben, Di Palma, Giuseppe, Patterson, Joseph P
Format: Article
Language:English
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Chemical properties
Crystallization
Metal-organic frameworks
Nucleation
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Summary:Metal-organic frameworks offer a diverse landscape of building blocks to design high performance materials for implications in almost every major industry. With this diversity stems complex crystallization mechanisms with various pathways and intermediates. Crystallization studies have been key to the advancement of countless biological and synthetic systems, with MOFs being no exception. This review provides an overview of the current theories and fundamental chemistry used to decipher MOF crystallization. We then discuss how intrinsic and extrinsic synthetic parameters can be used as tools to modulate the crystallization pathway to produce MOF crystals with finely tuned physical and chemical properties. Experimental and computational methods are provided to guide the probing of MOF crystal formation on the molecular and bulk scale. Lastly, we summarize the recent major advances in the field and our outlook on the exciting future of MOF crystallization. This review highlights the theories, parameters, and methods, which can be used to understand, control, and monitor MOF nucleation and growth.
ISSN:0306-0012
1460-4744
DOI:10.1039/d3cs00312d