Print Email Facebook Twitter Understanding the Inhibiting Effect of BTC on CuBTC Growth through Experiment and Modeling Title Understanding the Inhibiting Effect of BTC on CuBTC Growth through Experiment and Modeling Author Schäfer, P. (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research) Kapteijn, F. (TU Delft ChemE/Catalysis Engineering) van der Veen, M.A. (TU Delft ChemE/Catalysis Engineering) Domke, Katrin F. (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research) Date 2017 Abstract The room temperature growth kinetics of the commonly studied metal-organic framework CuBTC (HKUST-1) is investigated with UV/vis absorption spectroscopy. Contrary to chemical intuition, increased concentrations of the BTC ligand slows down the formation of CuBTC. Based on the time-resolved experimental data, a kinetic model is proposed for CuBTC growth. This model is based on a chemical reaction equation sequence for the production of CuBTC including an overcoordinated, slowly reacting Cu-BTCx species. This growth model excellently captures the temporal CuBTC development over the entire range of concentration conditions. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c1ed4bc3-c397-4fba-b534-3b8a1b207ba1 DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00938 ISSN 1528-7483 Source Crystal Growth & Design, 17 (11), 5603-5607 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 P. Schäfer, F. Kapteijn, M.A. van der Veen, Katrin F. Domke Files PDF acs.cgd.7b00938_1.pdf 1020.16 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c1ed4bc3-c397-4fba-b534-3b8a1b207ba1/datastream/OBJ/view