Photoswitching adsorption selectivity in a diarylethene–azobenzene MOF

Cong Fan, Zhiqiang Liu, Le Le Gong, Anmin Zheng, Le Zhang, Chang Sheng Yan, Hui Wu, Xue Feng Feng, Feng Luo

Chemical Communications · 2016 · 86 citations · 33 references

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Abstract

The first MOF (metal-organic framework) built on both diarylethene and azobenzene photochromic units is reported here and displays distinct photoresponses for different guest molecules, thus creating an easy-to-use pathway to modulate the adsorption selectivity of MOF materials.

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