Direct observations of the MOF (UiO-66) structure by transmission electron microscopy

Type
Article

Authors
Zhu, Liangkui
Zhang, Daliang
Xue, Ming
Li, Huan
Qiu, Shilun

KAUST Grant Number
CRG-1-2012-LAI-009

Date
2013

Abstract
As a demonstration of ab initio structure characterizations of nano metal organic framework (MOF) crystals by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and electron diffraction tomography methods, a Zr-MOF (UiO-66) structure was determined and further confirmed by Rietveld refinements of powder X-ray diffraction. HRTEM gave direct imaging of the channels. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Citation
Zhu L, Zhang D, Xue M, Li H, Qiu S (2013) Direct observations of the MOF (UiO-66) structure by transmission electron microscopy. CrystEngComm 15: 9356. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ce41122b.

Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB808703, 2012CB821700), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 91022030, 21261130584, 21201076, 11227403, 21101072), "111" project (B07016), Award Project of KAUST (CRG-1-2012-LAI-009) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Development Center Project (20120061130012).

Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Journal
CrystEngComm

DOI
10.1039/c3ce41122b

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