Specifically, we let ZIFs react with the chelating ligand phenanthroline. Heating and subsequent cooling of a mixture of these two components leads to the formation of homogenous glasses. We showed that this not only works for meltable ZIFs, but also for the usually non-meltable ZIF-12.
Meltable MOFs are unique in many ways. In our new preprint we show that you can let molten MOFs react with an organic ligand and obtain some interesting glasses. 🔍 A highly collaborative effort.
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