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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 61, Issue 35, Pages 13992-14003Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01978
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- Russian Science Foundation [19-79-10241, 20-33-90318]
- French Embassy in Russia
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [22-23-00738]
- Government of the Russian Federation through the ITMO Fellowship
- RUDN University Strategic Academic Leadership Program
- Scholarship of President of the Russian Federation
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In this study, the non-thermal amorphization of a metal-organic framework (MOF) single crystal and its transformation into an amorphous nanomaterial were investigated using in situ high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The relationship between the initial and resulting structures, as well as the stability and photoluminescence of the obtained phase over time, contribute to the design of new amorphous MOF-based optical nanomaterials.
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been recently explored as crystalline solids for conversion into amorphous phases demonstrating non-specific mechanical, catalytic, and optical properties. The real-time control of such structural transformations and their outcomes still remain a challenge. Here, we use in situ high-resolution transmission electron microscopy with 0.01 s time resolution to explore non-thermal (electron induced) amorphization of a MOF single crystal, followed by transformation into an amorphous nanomaterial. By comparing a series of M-BTC (M: Fe3+, Co3+, Co2+, Ni2+, and Cu2+; BTC: 1,3,5-benzentricarboxylic acid), we demonstrate that the topology of a metal cluster of the parent MOFs determines the rate of formation and the chemistry of the resulting phases containing an intact ligand and metal or metal oxide nanoparticles. Confocal Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopies further confirm the integrity of the BTC ligand and coordination bond breaking, while high-resolution imaging with chemical and structural analysis over time allows for tracking the dynamics of solid-to-solid transformations. The revealed relationship between the initial and resulting structures and the stability of the obtained phase and its photoluminescence over time contribute to the design of new amorphous MOF-based optical nanomaterials.
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