Predicting and creating 7-connected Zn4O vertices for the construction of an exceptional metal–organic framework with nanoscale cages

Authors :: Zhenxia Chen
Mingli Deng
Bai Shizhe
Feilong Yang
Linhong Weng
Weiquan Zhang
Yun Ling
Yaming Zhou
Source :: CrystEngComm. 17:1923-1926
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2015.
Abstract: A 7-connected Zn4O unit has been theoretically predicted based on basic zinc acetate [Zn4O(CH3COO)6], which was then experimentally extended into a three-dimensional structure featuring three kinds of nanocage in a unit cell.

Subjects :: Materials science
Nanocages
chemistry
chemistry.chemical_element
General Materials Science
Metal-organic framework
Nanotechnology
General Chemistry
Zinc
Condensed Matter Physics
Nanoscopic scale

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