A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder
Abstract Structural disorder can be used to tune the properties of functional materials and is an important tool that can be employed for the development of complex framework materials, such as metal-organic frameworks. Here we show the synthesis and structural characterization of a metal-organic fr...
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| author | Sarah L. Griffin Emily G. Meekel Johnathan M. Bulled Stefano Canossa Alexander Wahrhaftig-Lewis Ella M. Schmidt Neil R. Champness |
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| description | Abstract Structural disorder can be used to tune the properties of functional materials and is an important tool that can be employed for the development of complex framework materials, such as metal-organic frameworks. Here we show the synthesis and structural characterization of a metal-organic framework, UoB-100(Dy). Average structure refinements indicate that the node is disordered between two orientations of the nonanuclear secondary building unit (SBU). By performing 3D diffuse scattering (DS) analysis and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, we confirm the presence of strong correlations between the metal clusters of UoB-100(Dy). These nodes assemble into a complex nanodomain structure. Quantum mechanical calculations identify linker strain as the driving force behind the nanodomain structure. The implications of such a nanodomain structure for the magnetic, gas storage, and mechanical properties of lanthanide MOFs are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-35b16d9bf3d74129b2dcac1ac8371ad72025-08-20T01:54:22ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-04-011611910.1038/s41467-025-58402-4A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorderSarah L. Griffin0Emily G. Meekel1Johnathan M. Bulled2Stefano Canossa3Alexander Wahrhaftig-Lewis4Ella M. Schmidt5Neil R. Champness6School of Chemistry, University of BirminghamInstitute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto UniversityESRFETH Zürich, Anorganische FunktionsmaterialienSchool of Chemistry, University of BirminghamFaculty of Geosciences, MARUM and MAPEX, University of BremenSchool of Chemistry, University of BirminghamAbstract Structural disorder can be used to tune the properties of functional materials and is an important tool that can be employed for the development of complex framework materials, such as metal-organic frameworks. Here we show the synthesis and structural characterization of a metal-organic framework, UoB-100(Dy). Average structure refinements indicate that the node is disordered between two orientations of the nonanuclear secondary building unit (SBU). By performing 3D diffuse scattering (DS) analysis and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, we confirm the presence of strong correlations between the metal clusters of UoB-100(Dy). These nodes assemble into a complex nanodomain structure. Quantum mechanical calculations identify linker strain as the driving force behind the nanodomain structure. The implications of such a nanodomain structure for the magnetic, gas storage, and mechanical properties of lanthanide MOFs are discussed.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58402-4 |
| spellingShingle | Sarah L. Griffin Emily G. Meekel Johnathan M. Bulled Stefano Canossa Alexander Wahrhaftig-Lewis Ella M. Schmidt Neil R. Champness A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder Nature Communications |
| title | A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder |
| title_full | A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder |
| title_fullStr | A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder |
| title_short | A lanthanide MOF with nanostructured node disorder |
| title_sort | lanthanide mof with nanostructured node disorder |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58402-4 |
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