Defect Engineering: Tuning the Porosity and Composition of the Metal-Organic Framework UiO-66 via Modulated Synthesis

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3749-3761

  Shearer, Greig C ^a   Chavan, Sachin ^a   Bordiga, Silvia ^a,b   Svelle, Stian ^a   Olsbye, Unni ^a   Lillerud, Karl Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MODULATORS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POROSITY;

DEFECT CHEMISTRY; DEFECT ENGINEERING; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84975093462     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00602     Document Type: Article

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