journal article·2021-07Open access

Synthesis of 2D Porous Crystalline Materials in Simulated Microgravity

Noemí Contreras‐Pereda, David Rodríguez‐San‐Miguel, Carlos Franco, Semih Sevim, João Pedro Vale, Eduardo Solano, Wye‐Khay Fong, Alessandra Del Giudice, Luciano Galantini, Raphael Pfattner, Salvador Pané, Tiago Sotto Mayor, Daniel Ruiz‐Molina, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis

Advanced Materials· Volume 33· Issue 30

Abstract

Abstract To date, crystallization studies conducted in space laboratories, which are prohibitively costly and unsuitable to most research laboratories, have shown the valuable effects of microgravity during crystal growth and morphogenesis. Herein, an easy and highly efficient method is shown to achieve space‐like experimentation conditions on Earth employing custom‐made microfluidic devices to fabricate 2D porous crystalline molecular frameworks. It is confirmed that experimentation under these simulated microgravity conditions has unprecedented effects on the orientation, compactness and crack‐free generation of 2D porous crystalline molecular frameworks as well as in their integration and crystal morphogenesis. It is believed that this work will provide a new “playground” to chemists, physicists, and materials scientists that desire to process unprecedented 2D functional materials and devices.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials · Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis · Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis

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Affiliations

Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) CSIC and BIST Campus UAB Bellaterra Barcelona 08193 Spain

Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering ETH Zurich Zurich 8093 Switzerland

Departament de Ciència dels Materials i Química Física Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional Barcelona 08028 Spain

SIMTECH Laboratory Transport Phenomena Research Centre Engineering Faculty of Porto University Porto 4200–465 Portugal

ALBA Synchrotron Carrer de la Llum 2–26 Cerdanyola del Vallès Barcelona 08290 Spain

Discipline of Chemistry School of Environmental and Life Sciences University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia

Department of Chemistry Sapienza University of Rome P. le A. Moro 5 Rome 00185 Italy

Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona ICMAB‐CSIC Campus UAB Bellaterra 08193 Spain

Multi‐Scale Robotics Lab ETH Zurich Tannenstrasse 3 Zurich CH‐8092 Switzerland

ICREA Pg. Lluís Companys 23 Barcelona 08010 Spain

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung · European Regional Development Fund

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