Strategies to Incorporate Mesoporosity - Mesoporous Organic-Inorganic Non-Siliceous Hybrid Materials - page 53

(a)

(b) (c)

d 110

d 200

100 nm

10 nm

Fig. 3.15 Schematic model for the formation of mesoporous MOFs, where the coordination numbers
in the right figure do not reflect the real situation ( a ). TEM images and electron diffraction pattern
( b , c ). Reprinted with permission from Ref. [ 88 ]. Copyright 2012, American Chemical Society

newly added ligands with metal cations also appeared. This was probably due to
the hydrophobic surface of NC being able to effectively isolate the innerly embed-
ded metal cations from the sulfonate anions during the hydrothermal process. This
strategy could be extended to prepare other mesoporous MOFs. Using 1,5-nds,