Issue 12, 2010
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CrystEngComm

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. Cooperc  and  Stuart L. James*b  

* Corresponding authors

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.

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

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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 Sept. 2010

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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