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...

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Autores: Contreras Pereda, Noemí|||0000-0002-8164-3977, Rodríguez-San-Miguel, David|||0000-0002-1476-2175, Franco, Carlos|||0000-0003-3385-2851, Sevim, Semih, Vale, Joao Pedro, Solano, Eduardo|||0000-0002-2348-2271, Fong, Wye-Khay, Del Giudice, Alessandra, Galantini, Luciano|||0000-0001-5484-2658, Pfattner, Raphael|||0000-0002-7232-1845, Pané i Vidal, Salvador|||0000-0003-0147-8287, Sotto Mayor, Tiago, Ruiz-Molina, Daniel|||0000-0002-6844-8421, Puigmarti-Luis, Josep|||0000-0002-7510-9815
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:248663
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/248663
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1002/adma.202101777
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:2D porous crystalline materials
Covalent organic frameworks
Metal-organic frameworks
Microfluidic technologies
Simulated microgravity
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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.