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Unveiling liquid MOFs

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Diffraction and simulation studies reveal the presence of significant porosity in both the glass and liquid phases of a metal–organic framework.

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Figure 1: Relationship diagram for interconversion between different MOF phases; crystal, liquid and glass.

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Horike, S., Kitagawa, S. Unveiling liquid MOFs. Nature Mater 16, 1054–1055 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4999

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