Evidence for a chemical clock in oscillatory formation of UiO-66

Reactions with non-linear kinetics, such as chemical clocks, are reasonably common but only well understood in the liquid phase. Here, the authors report and rationalize a chemical clock reaction taking place in a solidifying metal-organic framework.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M. G. Goesten, M. F. de Lange, A. I. Olivos-Suarez, A. V. Bavykina, P. Serra-Crespo, C. Krywka, F. M. Bickelhaupt, F. Kapteijn, Jorge Gascon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11832