Kinetic control of metal-organic framework crystallization investigated by time-resolved in situ X-ray scattering.

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are among the most sophisticated nanostructured solids: they often possess high surface areas and pore volumes, with the possibility of finetuning their chemical environment by either selecting the appropriate building blocks or by postsynthetic functionalization. For many frameworks, flexibility of the lattice allows them to undergo a significant transformation in solid state.[1] All these features make MOFs a special class of solids with the potential of transcending many common limitations in different technological disciplines, such as ferromagnetism,[2] semiconductivity, gas separation,[3] storage,[4] sensing,[5] catalysis,[ 6] drug delivery,[7] or proton conductivity.[8] However, the crystallization mechanism of these complex structures is far from understood. Notwithstanding the plethora of publications that present new MOFs,[9] and the effectiveness of the high-throughput approach,[10] serendipity still governs the synthesis of new structures.

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