Trapping metal-organic framework nanocrystals: An in-situ time-resolved light scattering study on the crystal growth of MOF-5 in solution

Hermes S; Witte T; Hikov T; Zacher D; Bahnmuller S; Langstein G; Huber K; Fischer RA

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.129, No.17, 5324-5324, 2007

Hermes S, Witte T, Hikov T, Zacher D, Bahnmuller S, Langstein G, Huber K, Fischer RA

The addition of p-perfluoro-ethylbenzoic acid as capping reagent yields stable size-selected MOF-5 colloids and suggests a general concept for controlled particle formation of carboxylic acid based MOFs in solution.