Post-Synthetic Modification of Aerogels Made of Covalent Cross-linked Metal-Organic Polyhedra

Aerogels are porous ultralight materials known for their high porosity, wide range of pore sizes, low density, and good macroscopic mechanical properties, all of which make them promising candidates for shaped adsorbents, catalysts, and insulators, among other applications. Here, this work reports a...

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Autores: Khobotov-Bakishev, Akim, Samanta, Partha, Roztocki, Kornel, Albalad, Jorge, Royuela Collado, Sergio, Furukawa, Shuhei, Zamora Abanades, Félix Juan, Carné-Sánchez, Arnau, Maspoch, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/713393
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/713393
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202312166
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aerogels
hydrophobicity
metal-organic polyhedra
porosity
post-synthetic modification
Química
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Sumario:Aerogels are porous ultralight materials known for their high porosity, wide range of pore sizes, low density, and good macroscopic mechanical properties, all of which make them promising candidates for shaped adsorbents, catalysts, and insulators, among other applications. Here, this work reports a new approach that enables both the formation of modular aerogels, via dynamic covalent chemistry, and their post-synthetic modification, via coordination chemistry. To demonstrate this strategy, this work first polymerizes porous amino-functionalized Rh(II)-based metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) with aldehydes, which afforded robust imine-gel networks that is then converted into aerogels. Next, this work functionalizes these aerogels through the coordination of ligands on the axial site of Rh(II) paddlewheels of the MOP. Interestingly, in this chemistry, the local changes in the coordination site of the MOPs are transferred to the overall aerogel, thereby altering its macroscopic physicochemical properties. Importantly, this feature enables the synthesis of optimized adsorbents tailored to specific guests, as this work demonstrates through a series of experiments using ligands of different electrostatic and hydrophobic characters