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3D frameworks from 3D printers

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High-throughput screening of solvothermal crystallization conditions for MOFs and other solids may receive a boost from the application of 3D printing techniques to low-cost, disposable pressure vessels.

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Figure 1: 3D-printed reactionware enables solvothermal synthesis of metal–organic frameworks.

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  1. Ian D. Williams is in the Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China,

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Williams, I. 3D frameworks from 3D printers. Nature Chem 6, 953–954 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2089

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