Recent Advances in the Dynamics of Single Crystal to Single Crystal Transformations in Metal–Organic Open Frameworks

Myunghyun Paik Suh; Young Eun Cheon

doi:10.1071/CH06016

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Recent Advances in the Dynamics of Single Crystal to Single Crystal Transformations in Metal–Organic Open Frameworks

Myunghyun Paik Suh ^A ^B and Young Eun Cheon ^A

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^A Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea.

^B Corresponding author. Email: mpsuh@snu.ac.kr

Australian Journal of Chemistry 59(9) 605-612 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH06016
Submitted: 16 January 2006 Accepted: 3 June 2006 Published: 19 October 2006

Abstract

Single crystal to single crystal transformations have been the subject of growing interest in recent years. In this article, several examples of single crystal to single crystal transformations that occur in metal–organic open frameworks (MOFs) upon guest removal and rebinding, guest exchange, and chemical oxidation are introduced. Depending on the structures of the MOFs, host framework structures can be retained or altered upon guest removal. When host framework structures are altered, significant rearrangements of the molecular components, which involve sponge-like shrinkage/swelling, sliding, swing, bending, and/or rotational motions, occurs throughout the entire crystal to retain the single crystallinity.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD, Basic Research Promotion Fund, KRF-2005-084-C00020) and by the SRC program of MOST/KOSEF through the Center for Intelligent Nano-Bio Materials (Grant no. R11-2005-008-00000-0).

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Recent Advances in the Dynamics of Single Crystal to Single Crystal Transformations in Metal–Organic Open Frameworks

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