1. School of Chemistry & CRANN, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2 (Ireland);2. Institute for Materials and Processes, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JL (UK)
Abstract:
A solid‐state approach that takes advantage of the ordered 3D arrangement of active secondary building units allows the preparation of new interlocked MOFs that grow hetero‐epitaxially on the crystal faces of a precursor phase that acts as a “topological blueprint”. The synthetic strategy is exemplified by using rigid acetylene‐based ligands to produce highly augmented CuII acetate‐based MOFs.