Study of the mechanochemical formation and resulting properties of an archetypal MOF: Cu3(BTC)2 (BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)

Wenbing Yuan; Ana Lazuen Garay; Anne Pichon; Rob Clowes; Colin D. Wood; Andrew I. Cooper; Stuart L. James

doi:10.1039/C0CE00486C

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Study of the mechanochemical formation and resulting properties of an archetypal MOF: Cu₃(BTC)₂ (BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)†

Wenbing Yuan,^ab Ana Lazuen Garay,^b Anne Pichon,^b Rob Clowes,^c Colin D. Wood,^c Andrew I. Cooper^c and Stuart L. James*^b

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^a Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Fine Chemical, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China

^b Centre for the Theory and Application of Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
E-mail: s.james@qub.ac.uk

^c Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK

Abstract

A study of MOF formation by grinding together solid reactants in a ball mill reveals interesting aspects of morphology and reactivity; the product could also be activated to exhibit appreciable surface area (>1300 m² g⁻¹) although washing with solvent was required.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CE00486C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 02 Aug 2010
Accepted: 19 Aug 2010
First published: 13 Sep 2010

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CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 4063-4065

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Study of the mechanochemical formation and resulting properties of an archetypal MOF: Cu₃(BTC)₂ (BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)

W. Yuan, A. L. Garay, A. Pichon, R. Clowes, C. D. Wood, A. I. Cooper and S. L. James, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 4063 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00486C

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