Stable and ordered amide frameworks synthesised under reversible conditions which facilitate error checking

Irreversible bond formation in covalent organic frameworks leads to amorphous materials. Here, the authors show that crystalline and ultra-stable covalent amide frameworks can be accessed by devitrification of amorphous polyamide networks.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Stewart, Dmytro Antypov, Matthew S. Dyer, Michael J. Pitcher, Alexandros P. Katsoulidis, Philip A. Chater, Frédéric Blanc, Matthew J. Rosseinsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01423-5