posted on 2014-10-06, 00:00authored byOlga Karagiaridi, Wojciech Bury, David Fairen-Jimenez, Christopher E. Wilmer, Amy A. Sarjeant, Joseph T. Hupp, Omar K. Farha
The synthesis of a permanently porous
pillared-paddlewheel metal–organic framework (MOF) was achieved
through transmetalation of Zn(II) with Ni(II). The MOF can be treated
with liquid water, leading to the reversible displacement of 50% of
its pillars by water molecules and resulting in a most unusual crystalline
and permanently porous structure.