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Crystal engineering in two dimensions: Surface attraction

Green, M.A. (2010) Crystal engineering in two dimensions: Surface attraction. Nature Materials, 9 (7). pp. 539-540. ISSN 1476-1122. (doi:10.1038/nmat2786) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:51000)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat2786

Abstract

A new route to layer-by-layer assembly of metal-organic framework thin films affords highly ordered and controllable surfaces with potential in chemical sensing and catalyst applications. The fabrication of nanoscale MOF films is a particularly valuable objective towards their commercial utilization. The Langmuir-Blodgett method of producing homogeneous layers is an ingenious extension of this experiment, whereby, after a compacting process, the monolayers on the surface of a liquid are swept onto a substrate by a simple immersion procedure. (Metallo)porphyrins have been shown to constitute a versatile pallet for chemists to explore new structures and bonding. The fundamental importance of the work, on the other hand, is arguably a combination of the facile synthesis and the simply staggering possibilities available in the future in adapting the combination of metals and ligands to produce distinct multiply stacked nanofilms.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1038/nmat2786
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: LA - English [Field not mapped to EPrints] J2 - Nat. Mater. [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] DB - Scopus [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: Chemical sensing, Facile synthesis, Homogeneous layers, Langmuir-Blodgett methods, Layer-by-layer assemblies, Metal organic framework, Nano films, Nano scale, New structures, Two-dimension, Monolayers, Porphyrins, Chelation
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics > QC173.45 Condensed Matter
Q Science > QD Chemistry > QD478 Solid State Chemistry
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Giles Tarver
Date Deposited: 15 Oct 2015 11:19 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:21 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/51000 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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