Patterned film growth of metal-organic frameworks based on galvanic displacement

Rob Ameloot; Lesley Pandey; Mark Van der Auweraer; Luc Alaerts; Bert F Sels; Dirk E De Vos

doi:10.1039/c001544j

Patterned film growth of metal-organic frameworks based on galvanic displacement

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jun 7;46(21):3735-7. doi: 10.1039/c001544j. Epub 2010 Apr 29.

Authors

Rob Ameloot¹, Lesley Pandey, Mark Van der Auweraer, Luc Alaerts, Bert F Sels, Dirk E De Vos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, K.U.Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 20431823
DOI: 10.1039/c001544j

Abstract

A new method based on patterned metallization and galvanic displacement is demonstrated to easily deposit patterned thin films of the metal-organic framework [Cu(3)(BTC)(2)].