Trapping Metal-Organic Framework Nanocrystals: An <i>in-Situ</i> Time-Resolved Light Scattering Study on the Crystal Growth of MOF-5 in Solution

Abstract

The addition of p-perfluoro-ethylbenzoic acid as capping reagent yields stable size-selected MOF-5 colloids and suggests a general concept for controlled particle formation of carboxylic acid based MOFs in solution.