Anisotropic Band-Edge Absorption of Millimeter-Sized Zn(3-ptz)₂ Single-Crystal Metal-Organic Frameworks.

ABSTRACT: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as promising tailor-designed materials for developing next-generation solid-state devices with applications in linear and nonlinear coherent optics. However, the implementation of functional devices is challenged by the notoriously difficult process of growing large MOF single crystals of high optical quality. By controlling the solvothermal synthesis conditions, we succeeded in producing large individual single crystals of the noncentrosymmetric MOF Zn(3-ptz)₂ (MIRO-101) with a deformed octahedron habit and surface areas of up to 37 mm². We measured the UV-vis absorption spectrum of individual Zn(3-ptz)₂ single crystals across different lateral incidence planes. Millimeter-sized single crystals have a band gap o

SUBMITTER: Chi-Duran I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9301724 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature