Flexible interlocked porous frameworks allow quantitative photoisomerization in a crystalline solid

Organizing photochromic molecules into 3D networks is a key strategy to access photoresponsive materials, but framework rigidity typically limits conversion efficiency. Here, the authors exploit a flexible metal-organic framework to achieve quantitative and reversible photoisomerization in a porous...

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Main Authors: Yongtai Zheng, Hiroshi Sato, Pengyan Wu, Hyung Joon Jeon, Ryotaro Matsuda, Susumu Kitagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00122-5