Liquid phase epitaxial growth of heterostructured hierarchical MOF thin films

Valeriya Chernikova; Osama Shekhah; Ioannis Spanopoulos; Pantelis N Trikalitis; Mohamed Eddaoudi

doi:10.1039/c7cc03270f

Liquid phase epitaxial growth of heterostructured hierarchical MOF thin films

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jun 6;53(46):6191-6194. doi: 10.1039/c7cc03270f.

Authors

Valeriya Chernikova¹, Osama Shekhah, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Pantelis N Trikalitis, Mohamed Eddaoudi

Affiliation

¹ Functional Materials Design, Discovery and Development Research Group (FMD3), Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center (AMPMC), Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. mohamed.eddaoudi@kaust.edu.sa.

PMID: 28517003
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03270f

Abstract

Precise control of epitaxial growth of MOF-on-MOF thin films, for ordered hierarchical tbo-type structures is demonstrated. The heterostructured MOF thin film was fabricated by successful sequential deposition of layers from two different MOFs. The 2-periodic layers, edge-transitive 4,4-square lattices regarded as supermolecular building layers, were commendably cross-linked using a combination of inorganic/organic and organic pillars.