A Rare Flexible Metal–Organic Framework Based on a Tailorable Mn8‐Cluster Showing Smart Responsiveness to Aromatic Guests and Capacity for Gas Separation

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 61; no. 26; pp. e202201766 - n/a
• Main Authors: Wang, Wei, Xiong, Xiao‐Hong, Zhu, Neng‐Xiu, Zeng, Zheng, Wei, Zhang‐Wen, Pan, Mei, Fenske, Dieter, Jiang, Ji‐Jun, Su, Cheng‐Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 27.06.2022
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Clusters; Crystals; Deformation; Degrees of freedom; Dynamic MOFs; External stimuli; Flexibility; Flexible MOFs; Formability; Gas Adsorption; Gas separation; Metal-organic frameworks; Mn8O38-Cluster; Stimuli-Responsiveness

The design and creation of soft porous crystals combining regularity and flexibility may promote potential applications for gas storage and separation due to their deformable framework's responsiveness to external stimuli. The flexibility of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) relies on alterable d...