Coupling the Individual Motions of the Machine-like Components of Zirconium(IV) Organic Frameworks

Controlling the internal molecular dynamics in reticular materials is a major challenge for the development of nanotechnological applications. In this issue of Chem, Schurko, Loeb, and co-workers show how the ringmotion of the [2]rotaxane-basedlinker and that of the surrounding triphenylene-based struts influence each other within a series of robust zirconium(IV) organic frameworks.

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The researchers demonstrate how the ring motion of the [2]rotaxane-based linker and the surrounding triphenylene-based struts influence each other within a series of robust zirconium(IV) organic frameworks in the latest issue of Chem.