KIT | KIT-Bibliothek | Impressum | Datenschutz

Molecular weaving via surface-templated epitaxy of crystalline coordination networks

Wang, Zhengbang 1; Blaszczyk, Alfred 2; Fuhr, Olaf ORCID iD icon 2; Heissler, Stefan 1; Wöll, Christoph; Mayor, Marcel 2
1 Institut für Funktionelle Grenzflächen (IFG), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2 Institut für Nanotechnologie (INT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

One of the dream reactions in polymer chemistry is the bottom-up, self-assembled synthesis of polymer fabrics, with interwoven, one-dimensional fibres of monomolecular thickness forming planar pieces of textiles. We have made a major step towards realizing this goal by assembling sophisticated, quadritopic linkers into surface-mounted metal-organic frameworks. By sandwiching these quadritopic linkers between sacrificial metal-organic framework thin films, we obtained multi-heteroepitaxial, crystalline systems. In a next step, Glaser–Hay coupling of triple bonds in the quadritopic linkers yields linear, interwoven polymer chains. X-ray diffraction studies revealed that this topochemical reaction leaves the MOF backbone completely intact. After removing the metal ions, the textile sheets can be transferred onto different supports and imaged using scanning electron microscopy and atomic-force microscopy. The individual polymer strands forming the two-dimensional textiles have lengths on the order of 200 nm, as evidenced by atomic-force microscopy images recorded from the disassembled textiles.


Volltext §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000067293
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14442
Scopus
Zitationen: 67
Web of Science
Zitationen: 60
Dimensions
Zitationen: 72
Cover der Publikation
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Funktionelle Grenzflächen (IFG)
Institut für Nanotechnologie (INT)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2017
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2041-1723
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-672932
KITopen-ID: 1000067293
HGF-Programm 43.21.04 (POF III, LK 01) Molecular Engineering
Erschienen in Nature Communications
Verlag Nature Research
Band 8
Seiten 14442
Bemerkung zur Veröffentlichung Gefördert durch den KIT-Publikationsfonds
Schlagwörter Metal–organic frameworks, Self-assembly, Supramolecular polymers, Two-dimensional materials
Nachgewiesen in Scopus
Web of Science
Dimensions
KIT – Die Forschungsuniversität in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
KITopen Landing Page