# Ordered macro-microporous metal-organic framework single crystals

“Ordered macro-microporous metal-organic framework single crystals” (2018), by Kui Shen et al. Chemistry research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. No free PDF was found.

- Authors: Kui Shen, Lei Zhang, Xiaodong Chen, Lingmei Liu, Daliang Zhang, Yu Han, Junying Chen, Jilan Long, Rafael Luque, Yingwei Li et al.
- Published: January 12, 2018
- Field: Chemistry
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao3403
- Source: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao3403

## Abstract

We constructed highly oriented and ordered macropores within metal-organic framework (MOF) single crystals, opening up the area of three-dimensional-ordered macro-microporous materials (that is, materials containing both macro- and micropores) in single-crystalline form. Our methodology relies on the strong shaping effects of a polystyrene nanosphere monolith template and a double-solvent-induced heterogeneous nucleation approach. This process synergistically enabled the in situ growth of MOFs within ordered voids, rendering a single crystal with oriented and ordered macro-microporous structure. The improved mass diffusion properties of such hierarchical frameworks, together with their robust single-crystalline nature, endow them with superior catalytic activity and recyclability for bulky-molecule reactions, as compared with conventional, polycrystalline hollow, and disordered macroporous ZIF-8.

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