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Title: Moving Beyond Boron: The Emergence of New Linkage Chemistries in Covalent Organic Frameworks

Abstract

Since their discovery in 2005, covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have attracted interest as potential materials for gas storage, catalysis, energy storage, and other applications because of their ability to periodically and reliably organize designed functionality into high surface area materials. Most of the first examples relied on boron-containing linkages, which suffer from hydrolytic and oxidative instability that limit their utility. In this Perspective, we describe the trend toward more robust linkages by highlighting the design, synthesis, and properties of several recent examples. Finally, the continued development of new COF chemistries, along with improved understanding of their formation and control of their final form, will provide a means to harness their molecularly precise solidstate structures for useful purposes.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, United States
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Materials Center at Cornell (EMC2); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation (United States); US Army Research Office (ARO); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1258501
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1288690
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-87ER45298; SC000001086; W911NF-15-1-0447; DGE-1144153
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Macromolecules
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Macromolecules Journal Volume: 49 Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

DeBlase, Catherine R., and Dichtel, William R. Moving Beyond Boron: The Emergence of New Linkage Chemistries in Covalent Organic Frameworks. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00891.
DeBlase, Catherine R., & Dichtel, William R. Moving Beyond Boron: The Emergence of New Linkage Chemistries in Covalent Organic Frameworks. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00891
DeBlase, Catherine R., and Dichtel, William R. Tue . "Moving Beyond Boron: The Emergence of New Linkage Chemistries in Covalent Organic Frameworks". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00891.
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title = {Moving Beyond Boron: The Emergence of New Linkage Chemistries in Covalent Organic Frameworks},
author = {DeBlase, Catherine R. and Dichtel, William R.},
abstractNote = {Since their discovery in 2005, covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have attracted interest as potential materials for gas storage, catalysis, energy storage, and other applications because of their ability to periodically and reliably organize designed functionality into high surface area materials. Most of the first examples relied on boron-containing linkages, which suffer from hydrolytic and oxidative instability that limit their utility. In this Perspective, we describe the trend toward more robust linkages by highlighting the design, synthesis, and properties of several recent examples. Finally, the continued development of new COF chemistries, along with improved understanding of their formation and control of their final form, will provide a means to harness their molecularly precise solidstate structures for useful purposes.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00891},
journal = {Macromolecules},
number = 15,
volume = 49,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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