Author(s): Quezada-Novoa V; Titi HM; Villanueva FY; Wilson MWB; Howarth AJ;

The tetratopic linker, 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-benzoic acid)pyrene (H4 TBAPy) along with rare-earth (RE) ions is used for the synthesis of 9 isostructures of a metal-organic framework (MOF) with shp topology, named RE-CU-10 (RE = Y(III), Gd(III), Tb(III), Dy(III ...

Article GUID: 37116124

Author(s): Bicalho HA; Saraci F; Velazquez-Garcia JJ; Titi HM; Howarth AJ;

Y-CU-45, an analogue of Zr-MOF-808, is synthesized for the first time. Several reaction conditions are tested demonstrating that two fluorinated modulators are required for a reproducible synthesis yielding high quality material. Y-CU-45 shows high crystall ...

Article GUID: 36065793

Author(s): Lennox CB; Do JL; Crew JG; Arhangelskis M; Titi HM; Howarth AJ; Farha OK; Frišcic T;

Mechanochemistry enables rapid access to boron imidazolate frameworks (BIFs), including ultralight materials based on Li and Cu(i) nodes, as well as new, previously unexplored systems based on Ag(i) nodes. Compared to solution methods, mechanochemistry is f ...

Article GUID: 34881001

Author(s): Bicalho HA; Donnarumma PR; Quezada-Novoa V; Titi HM; Howarth AJ;

Postsynthetic modification of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is an important strategy for accessing MOF analogues that cannot be easily synthesized de novo. In this work, the rare-earth (RE) cluster-based MOF Y-CU-10 with shp topology was modified through ...

Article GUID: 34314164

Author(s): Titi HM; Do JL; Howarth AJ; Nagapudi K; Frišcic T;

We present a rapid and readily scalable methodology for the mechanosynthesis of diverse metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in the absence of milling media typically required for other types of mechanochemical syntheses. We demonstrate the use of liquid-assiste ...

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Author(s): Donnarumma PR; Frojmovic S; Marino P; Bicalho HA; Titi HM; Howarth AJ;

Rare-earth (RE) analogues of UiO-66 with non-functionalised 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate linkers are synthesised for the first time, and a series of synthetic approaches is provided to troubleshoot the synthesis. RE-UiO-66 analogues are fully characterised, and ...

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