Multifunctional Supramolecular Hybrid Materials Constructed from Hierarchical Self-Ordering of In Situ Generated Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Nanoparticles.
Multifunctional Supramolecular Hybrid Materials Constructed from Hierarchical Self-Ordering of In Situ Generated Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Nanoparticles.
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10.1002/adma.201501448
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2015-08
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Tan JC
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Chaudhari AK;Han I;Tan JC
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201501448 highly aligned fiber network scaffolding. Metal-organic framework (MOF)[11] is a rapidly expanding class of crystalline nanoporous materials, whose 3D framework consists of ordered units of metal ions or clusters bridged by organic linkages. MOFs offer rich chemical functionalities combined with vast structural versatility.[12] The high uniformity and 3D microporous architecture of MOF crystals could provide the unique platform for symbiotic effects, yielding orthogonal interactions [13] central to achieve supramolecular self-assembly. It is worth noting that, although metal-organic gels (MOGs)[14] are a very similar type of self-assembled hybrid compound, they comprise randomly cross-linked metal ions by organic linkers (without forming an ordered framework), subsequently trapping solvent molecules to form a more conventional gel network material. The microporous material designated as HKUST-1 [15] represents one of the most intensely studied MOFs today due to its wide-ranging potential applications. Typically, it can be obtained via solvothermal reactions between Cu (II) and BTC 3−(1, 3, 5-benzene tricarboxylic acid), yielding crystalline HKUST-1 [Cu 3 (BTC) 2] as the most thermodynamically favorable product.[16] In fact, HKUST-1 is renowned for its ease of synthesis using different solvents, temperatures, or bases,[17] in addition to membranes, hollow capsules, and superstructures derived from it.[18] Herein, we demonstrate that, by employing a high concentration of standard reactants of HKUST-1 in a relatively small quantity of solvents, yields previously unreported gel-like hybrid materials that exhibit counterintuitive chemico-physical properties. In the present work, we discovered that room-temperature reaction between Cu (NO 3) 2 solution and deprotonated BTC, using triethylamine base (NEt 3), yields facile formation of an unconventional gel-like supramolecular self-assembly. Interestingly, the aforementioned reactions can be accomplished in both polar-protic and polar-aprotic solvents, resulting in an entirely new system of MOF-based supramolecular hybrid materials (see Figure S1 in the Supporting Information), which we termed: G⊃ ACN, G⊃ DMF, G⊃ DMSO, G⊃ ETH, andG⊃ MEH (where G denotes gel obtained using solvent: ACN: acetonitrile; DMF: N, N-dimethyl formamide; DMSO: dimethyl sulfoxide; ETH: ethanol; MEH: methanol; see Figure S2 and Table S1 in the Supporting Information). The formation mechanism was investigated utilizing different solvents, which allowed us to study the rich morphological and structural diversity of these novel hybrid materials. We found that the use of different solvents yields hybrid materials that exhibit distinct structural, mechanical, chemical, and electrical properties. Noteworthy, sol–gel transitions occur only in the case of G⊃ DMSO, while viscoelastic phase conversion (from soft to rigid network) is evident only in G⊃ ACN. Moreover, detailed