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Correlated defect nanoregions in a metal–organic framework

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  • Matthew J. Cliffe

    (Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford)

  • Wei Wan

    (Berzeli Center EXSELENT on Porous Materials, Stockholm University)

  • Xiaodong Zou

    (Berzeli Center EXSELENT on Porous Materials, Stockholm University)

  • Philip A. Chater

    (Diamond Light Source)

  • Annette K. Kleppe

    (Diamond Light Source)

  • Matthew G. Tucker

    (Diamond Light Source
    ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford)

  • Heribert Wilhelm

    (Diamond Light Source)

  • Nicholas P. Funnell

    (Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford)

  • François-Xavier Coudert

    (Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, CNRS–Chimie ParisTech)

  • Andrew L Goodwin

    (Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford)

Abstract

Throughout much of condensed matter science, correlated disorder is a key to material function. While structural and compositional defects are known to exist within a variety of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), the prevailing understanding is that these defects are only ever included in a random manner. Here we show—using a combination of diffuse scattering, electron microscopy, anomalous X-ray scattering and pair distribution function measurements—that correlations between defects can in fact be introduced and controlled within a hafnium terephthalate MOF. The nanoscale defect structures that emerge are an analogue of correlated Schottky vacancies in rocksalt-structured transition metal monoxides and have implications for storage, transport, optical and mechanical responses. Our results suggest how the diffraction behaviour of some MOFs might be reinterpreted, and establish a strategy of exploiting correlated nanoscale disorder as a targetable and desirable motif in MOF design.

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  • Matthew J. Cliffe & Wei Wan & Xiaodong Zou & Philip A. Chater & Annette K. Kleppe & Matthew G. Tucker & Heribert Wilhelm & Nicholas P. Funnell & François-Xavier Coudert & Andrew L Goodwin, 2014. "Correlated defect nanoregions in a metal–organic framework," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms5176
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5176
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    1. Yao Fu & Yifeng Yao & Alexander C. Forse & Jianhua Li & Kenji Mochizuki & Jeffrey R. Long & Jeffrey A. Reimer & Gaël Paëpe & Xueqian Kong, 2023. "Solvent-derived defects suppress adsorption in MOF-74," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Adam F. Sapnik & Irene Bechis & Alice M. Bumstead & Timothy Johnson & Philip A. Chater & David A. Keen & Kim E. Jelfs & Thomas D. Bennett, 2022. "Multivariate analysis of disorder in metal–organic frameworks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
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