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Metal–organic frameworks

Forging links in molecular glasses

By removing water from crystalline molecular complexes, microporous metal–organic framework glasses are formed. The glasses can be obtained in monolithic shapes by melt-quenching.

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Fig. 1: A schematic of the preparation of MOF glasses by dehydration of crystals of molecular complexes.

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Weiß, JB., Henke, S. Forging links in molecular glasses. Nat. Synth 3, 150–151 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00425-0

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