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Metal–organic framework mechanics

Harnessing disorder to advance metal–organic framework resilience

Nature Materials volume 23, pages 1159–1160 (2024)Cite this article

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High-pressure experiments on the aperiodic material TRUMOF-1 reveal that linkage disorder thwarts collapse mechanisms, thus enhancing mechanical stability.

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Fig. 1: Two-dimensional MOF analogues with four- or six-connected nodes shown as black circles and two-connected linkers represented by springs.

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Barbour, L.J., Esterhuysen, C. Harnessing disorder to advance metal–organic framework resilience. Nat. Mater. 23, 1159–1160 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01979-w

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