"Reactive Extrusion Printing for Simultaneous Crystallization-Depositio" by Fatimah Al-Ghazzawi, Luke Conte et al.
Reactive extrusion printing (REP) is demonstrated as an approach to simultaneously crystallize and deposit films of the metal–organic framework (MOF) Cu3btc2 (btc=1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate), also known as HKUST-1. The technique co-delivers inks of the copper(II) acetate and H3btc starting materials directly on-surface and on-location for rapid nucleation into films at room temperature. The films were analyzed using PXRD, profilometry, SEM and thermal analysis techniques and confirmed high-quality Cu3btc2 films are produced in low-dispersity interconnected nanoparticulate form. The porosity...
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