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Switchable Surface Hydrophobicity–Hydrophilicity of a Metal–Organic Framework |
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| Authors: | Dr Sabina Rodríguez‐Hermida Dr Min Ying Tsang Claudia Vignatti Dr Kyriakos C Stylianou Dr Vincent Guillerm Dr Javier Pérez‐Carvajal Prof Francesc Teixidor Prof Clara Viñas Dr Duane Choquesillo‐Lazarte Dr Cristóbal Verdugo‐Escamilla Dr Inmaculada Peral Dr Jordi Juanhuix Dr Albert Verdaguer Dr Inhar Imaz Prof Daniel Maspoch Dr José Giner?Planas |
| Institution: | 1. Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;2. Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, Spain;3. Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos, IACT, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, Armilla, Granada, Spain;4. Campus Limpertsberg, Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg;5. Alba Synchrotron Light Facility, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain;6. ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Spain |
| Abstract: | Materials with surfaces that can be switched from high/superhydrophobicity to superhydrophilicity are useful for myriad applications. Herein, we report a metal–organic framework (MOF) assembled from ZnII ions, 1,4‐benzenedicarboxylate, and a hydrophobic carborane‐based linker. The MOF crystal‐surface can be switched between hydrophobic and superhydrophilic through a chemical treatment to remove some of the building blocks. |
| Keywords: | carboranes hydrophilicity hydrophobicity metal– organic frameworks surface chemistry |