Dynamic acidity in defective UiO-66.
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SUBMITTER: Ling S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6016445 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
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The metal-organic framework (MOF) material UiO-66 has emerged as one of the most promising MOF materials due to its thermal and chemical stability and its potential for catalytic applications. Typically, as-synthesised UiO-66 has a relatively high concentration of missing linker defects. The presence of these defects has been correlated with catalytic activity but characterisation of defect structure has proved elusive. We refine a recent experimental determination of defect structure using stat ...[more]
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