CrystEngComm paper on MOF phase transformation

In this report, Bart looked at the water-induced transformation of the [Zn2(dobdc)] (dobdc = 2,5-dioxidobenzene-1,4-dicarboxylate) metal-organic framework UTSA-74 to its polymorph MOF-74(Zn), contrary to a previous report on the stability of UTSA-74 under such conditions. This dissolution-recrystallization process was investigated in close collaboration with the Stock group (CAU Kiel, DE) using time-resolved in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction data collected at PETRA III (DESY, Hamburg), which were kinetically analyzed using the Gualtieri crystallization model.

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