Towards imaging electron density inside metal-organic framework structures

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Mar 4;50(18):2271-4. doi: 10.1039/c3cc48586b. Epub 2014 Jan 17.

Abstract

Herein, we present electron density maps of three MOFs with different guests or post-synthetic modifications produced using single crystal X-ray data from laboratory diffractometers. Analysis of the electron density maps reveals possible differences inside the pores indicating that this approach may be used to explore frameworks using inexpensively gained X-ray data.