Structural Exploration of Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks Through Linker Desymmetrization and Modulator Compensation.

ABSTRACT: Zirconium-based metal-organic frameworks (Zr-MOFs) feature exceptional thermal/chemical stability among various MOFs, enabling diverse applications. Their material properties are highly dependent on molecular structures consisting of Zr-clusters and organic linkers. However, structural diversity in Zr-MOFs remains constrained by the limited variety of known Zr-clusters and the predominance of high-symmetry linkers, which stems from the inherent symmetry constraints presented by Zr-clusters. In this work, we develop a linker-desymmetrization-modulator-compensation (LDMC) strategy to construct Zr-MOFs with enhanced structural diversity. This approach reduces linker symmetry to create structural defects in Zr-clusters, while such a thermodynamically unfavorable process can be compensated for

SUBMITTER: Liang RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12910544 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature