Fabrication of Super‐Sized Metal Inorganic‐Organic Hybrid Glass with Supramolecular Network via Crystallization‐Suppressing Approach

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie Vol. 135; no. 14
• Main Authors: Ali, Mohamed A., Winters, Wessel M. W., Mohamed, Moushira A., Tan, Dezhi, Zheng, Guojun, Madsen, Rasmus S. K., Magdysyuk, Oxana V., Diaz‐Lopez, Maria, Cai, Biao, Gong, Nan, Xu, Yijue, Hung, Ivan, Gan, Zhehong, Sen, Sabyasachi, Sun, Hong‐Tao, Bennett, Thomas D., Liu, Xiaofeng, Yue, Yuanzheng, Qiu, Jianrong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 27.03.2023
• Subjects: Chemistry; Coordination compounds; Coordination polymers; Crystallization; Crystallization-Suppressing; Fabrication; Glass; Glassy Metal Coordination Compounds; Luminescent Glass; Metal-organic frameworks; Metals; Photoluminescence; Photons; Polarized Light; Polymers; Vitrification
• ISSN: 0044-8249; 1521-3757
• DOI: 10.1002/ange.202218094

Metal coordination compound (MCC) glasses [e.g., metal‐organic framework (MOF) glass, coordination polymer glass, and metal inorganic‐organic complex (MIOC) glass] are emerging members of the hybrid glass family. So far, a limited number of crystalline MCCs can be converted into glasses by melt‐quenching. Here, we report a universal wet‐chemistry method, by which the super‐sized supramolecular MIOC glasses can be synthesized from non‐meltable MOFs. Alcohol and acid were used as agents to inhibit crystallization. The MIOC glasses demonstrate unique features including high transparency, shaping capability, and anisotropic network. Directional photoluminescence with a large polarization ratio (≈47 %) was observed from samples doped with organic dyes. This crystallization‐suppressing approach enables fabrication of super‐sized MCC glasses, which cannot be achieved by conventional vitrification methods, and thus allows for exploring new MCC glasses possessing photonic functionalities. A metal inorganic‐organic complex glass with supramolecular network was synthesized by the crystallization‐suppressing strategy. The prepared glass possesses interesting optical and structural properties such as high transparency, shaping capability, and anisotropic structure. The dyes‐doped hybrid glass exhibits polarized light with a polarization ratio up to 47 %.