Are Zr6-based MOFs water stable? Linker hydrolysis vs. capillary-force-driven channel collapse

Joseph E. Mondloch, Michael J. Katz, Nora Planas, David Semrouni, Laura Gagliardi, Joseph T. Hupp, Omar K. Farha

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Abstract

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) built up from Zr6-based nodes and multi-topic carboxylate linkers have attracted attention due to their favourable thermal and chemical stability. However, the hydrolytic stability of some of these Zr6-based MOFs has recently been questioned. Herein we demonstrate that two Zr6-based frameworks, namely UiO-67 and NU-1000, are stable towards linker hydrolysis in H2O, but collapse during activation from H2O. Importantly, this framework collapse can be overcome by utilizing solvent-exchange to solvents exhibiting lower capillary forces such as acetone.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)8944-8946
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume50
Issue number64
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 15 2014

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