Abstract:Crystals are among the most challenging materials to design, both at the molecular and macroscopic levels. We show here that metal-organic frameworks, based on tetrahedral pyridyl ligands, can be used as a morpho-logical and structural mold to form a series of other isostructural crystals having different metal ions. The cati-on exchange is versatile, based on the use of diverse first-row metals; it occurs with retention of the morpholo-gy. Different morphologies were obtained by a direct reaction between the … Show more
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