Sensitive Photoacoustic IR Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Amino/Azido Mixed-Linker Metal-Organic Frameworks

Chemphyschem. 2017 Oct 19;18(20):2855-2858. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201700663. Epub 2017 Sep 7.

Abstract

Photoacoustic Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy makes it possible to determine the organic composition of mixed-linker metal-organic frameworks. The sound produced upon IR irradiation enables the discrimination of azido and amino linkers in three different MOF platforms with a sensitivity that is two orders of magnitude higher than that achieved using classic IR analysis.

Keywords: azides; infrared spectroscopy; materials science; metal-organic frameworks; photoacoustics.