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Chemistry. 2015 Jul 20;21(30):10666-70. doi: 10.1002/chem.201501692. Epub 2015 Jun 19.

Direct On-Surface Patterning of a Crystalline Laminar Covalent Organic Framework Synthesized at Room Temperature.

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

Alejandro de la Peña Ruigómez, David Rodríguez-San-Miguel, Kyriakos C Stylianou, Massimiliano Cavallini, Denis Gentili, Fabiola Liscio, Silvia Milita, Otello Maria Roscioni, Maria Luisa Ruiz-González, Carlos Carbonell, Daniel Maspoch, Rubén Mas-Ballesté, José Luis Segura, Félix Zamora

Affiliations

  1. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid (Spain).
  2. Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Complutense s/n 28040 Madrid (Spain).
  3. Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid (Spain).
  4. ICN2-Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona (Spain).
  5. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Instituto per lo Studio dei Materiali, Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), Via Gobetti?101, 40129 Bologna (Italy).
  6. CNR-IMM, Instituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi via P. Gobetti?101, 40129 Bologna (Italy).
  7. Universitàdi Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale, "Toso Montanari", Viale Risorgimento?4, 40136, Bologna (Italy).
  8. School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ (United Kingdom).
  9. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid (Spain).
  10. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08100 Barcelona (Spain).
  11. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid (Spain). [email protected].
  12. Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid (Spain). [email protected].

PMID: 26095511 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501692

Abstract

We report herein an efficient, fast, and simple synthesis of an imine-based covalent organic framework (COF) at room temperature (hereafter, RT-COF-1). RT-COF-1 shows a layered hexagonal structure exhibiting channels, is robust, and is porous to N2 and CO2 . The room-temperature synthesis has enabled us to fabricate and position low-cost micro- and submicropatterns of RT-COF-1 on several surfaces, including solid SiO2 substrates and flexible acetate paper, by using lithographically controlled wetting and conventional ink-jet printing.

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: covalent organic frameworks; ink-jet printing; porous crystalline materials; processability; soft-lithography

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