Improving the performance of a poorly adsorbing porous material: template mediated addition of microporosity to a crystalline submieroporous MOF

摘要

The presence of butanoic acid excess in the reaction media employed for the synthesis of a MOF with formula [Cu_2(μ_3-ade)_2(μ_2-OOC(CH_2)_2CH_3)_2]n (ade: adeninate) leads to the formation of micelles that exert a template effect and provide a pronounced increase of its microporosity, doubling the intrinsic adsorption capacity of the pristine crystal network.