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Multiple-component covalent organic frameworks

Huang N, Zhai L, Coupry DE, Addicoat MA, Okushita K, Nishimura K, Heine T, Jiang D (2016)

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Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Book Volume: 7

Article Number: 12325

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12325

Abstract

Covalent organic frameworks are a class of crystalline porous polymers that integrate molecular building blocks into periodic structures and are usually synthesized using two-component [1+1] condensation systems comprised of one knot and one linker. Here we report a general strategy based on multiple-component [1+2] and [1+3] condensation systems that enable the use of one knot and two or three linker units for the synthesis of hexagonal and tetragonal multiple-component covalent organic frameworks. Unlike two-component systems, multiple-component covalent organic frameworks feature asymmetric tiling of organic units into anisotropic skeletons and unusually shaped pores. This strategy not only expands the structural complexity of skeletons and pores but also greatly enhances their structural diversity. This synthetic platform is also widely applicable to multiple-component electron donor-acceptor systems, which lead to electronic properties that are not simply linear summations of those of the conventional [1+1] counterparts.

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APA:

Huang, N., Zhai, L., Coupry, D.E., Addicoat, M.A., Okushita, K., Nishimura, K.,... Jiang, D. (2016). Multiple-component covalent organic frameworks. Nature Communications, 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12325

MLA:

Huang, Ning, et al. "Multiple-component covalent organic frameworks." Nature Communications 7 (2016).

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