Modulated Self-Assembly of Catalytically Active Metal-Organic Nanosheets Containing Zr₆ Clusters and Dicarboxylate Ligands.

ABSTRACT: Two-dimensional metal-organic nanosheets (MONs) have emerged as attractive alternatives to their three-dimensional metal-organic framework (MOF) counterparts for heterogeneous catalysis due to their greater external surface areas and higher accessibility of catalytically active sites. Zr MONs are particularly prized because of their chemical stability and high Lewis and Brønsted acidities of the Zr clusters. Herein, we show that careful control over modulated self-assembly and exfoliation conditions allows the isolation of the first example of a two-dimensional nanosheet wherein Zr₆ clusters are linked by dicarboxylate ligands. The hxl topology MOF, termed GUF-14 (GUF = Glasgow University Framework), can be exfoliated into monolayer thickness hns topology MONs, and

SUBMITTER: Prasad RRR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11009912 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature