Uniform and directional growth of centimeter-sized single crystals of cyclodextrin-based metal organic frameworks

Abstract

Although macroscopically-sized MOF crystals have proven of interest for efficient chromatographic separations, information processing, or optoelectronic devices, growing really large crystals has proven problematic. A growth-and-reseeding method can now produce MOF monocrystals <italic>ca.</italic> 1 cm³ in volume <italic>vs.</italic> at most <italic>ca.</italic> 0.025 cm³ by prior methods.