2D Oligosilyl Metal-Organic Frameworks as Multi-state Switchable Materials.
David A BurnsEric M PressM A SieglerRebekka S KlausenV Sara ThoiPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2019)
We report the synthesis of a set of 2D metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) constructed with organosilicon-based linkers. These oligosilyl MOFs feature linear Sin Me2n (C6 H4 CO2 H)2 ligands (lin-Sin , n=2, 4) connected by Cu paddlewheels. The stacking arrangement of the 2D sheets is dictated by van der Waals interactions and is tunable by solvent exchange, leading to reversible structural transformations between many crystalline and amorphous phases.