Synthesis of 2D Porous Crystalline Materials in Simulated Microgravity

To date, crystallization studies conducted in space laboratories, which are prohibitively costly and unsuitable to most research laboratories, have shown the valuable effects of microgravity during crystal growth and morphogenesis. Herein, an easy and highly efficient method is shown to achieve spac...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Contreras-Pereda, Noemí, Rodríguez-San Miguel, David, Franco, Carlos, Sevim, Semih, Vale, João Pedro, Solano, Eduardo, Fong, Wye-Khay, Del Giudice, Alessandra, Galantini, Luciano, Pfattner, Raphael, Pané, Salvador, Sotto Mayor, Tiago, Ruiz Molina, Daniel, Puigmartí Luis, Josep
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/243763
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/243763
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:2D porous crystalline materials
Covalent organic frameworks
Metal-organic frameworks
Microfluidic technologies
Simulated microgravity
Descripción
Sumario:To date, crystallization studies conducted in space laboratories, which are prohibitively costly and unsuitable to most research laboratories, have shown the valuable effects of microgravity during crystal growth and morphogenesis. Herein, an easy and highly efficient method is shown to achieve space-like experimentation conditions on Earth employing custom-made microfluidic devices to fabricate 2D porous crystalline molecular frameworks. It is confirmed that experimentation under these simulated microgravity conditions has unprecedented effects on the orientation, compactness and crack-free generation of 2D porous crystalline molecular frameworks as well as in their integration and crystal morphogenesis. It is believed that this work will provide a new “playground” to chemists, physicists, and materials scientists that desire to process unprecedented 2D functional materials and devices.