Weaving of organic threads into a crystalline covalent organic framework
Abstract
Woven fabrics are inherently flexible. Liu et al. created a molecular fabric analog using metal-organic frameworks (see the Perspective by Gutierrez-Puebla). Phenanthroline ligands on a copper metal complex directed the addition of organic linkers via imine bonds to create helical organic threads with woven texture. Removing the copper allowed the strands to slide against each other and increased the elasticity of the material 10-fold.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 22, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.aad4011
Entities
People
- Ahmad S. Alshammari
- Chenhui Zhu
- Felipe Gándara
- Hanyu Zhu
- Hiroyasu Furukawa
- Kazutomo Suenaga
- Omar M. Yaghi
- Osamu Terasaki
- Peter Oleynikov
- Xiang Zhang
- Xixi Sun
- Yanhang Ma
- Yingbo Zhao
- Yuzhong Liu
- Zheng Liu
Organizations
- BASF
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- National Science Foundation
- ShanghaiTech University
- Stockholm University
- United States Department of Defense
- United States Department of Energy
- University of California, Berkeley
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry