Jose Giner and the MOFs nanotransformers in Onda Cero Vigo. One of our 2018 highlights!

Listen to the podcast, which was recorded last 8 August 2018, here (from minute 1:00:40):

This news is related to the following article:

Reference article: An Unprecedented Stimuli Controlled Single-crystal Reversible Phase Transition of a Metal-Organic Framework and its Application to a Novel Method of Guest Encapsulation. Fangchang Tan, Ana López-Periago, Mark E. Light, Jordi Cirera, Eliseo Ruiz, Alejandro Borrás, Francesc Teixidor, Clara Viñas, Concepción Domingo, José Giner Planas* Advanced Materials. May 2018. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201800726.

In this video, the phenomenon explained by Jose Giner in the podcast is visualized:

More information:

• ICMAB researchers develop flexible materials that switch from nano-porous 3D to 2D structures in a reversible way (ICMAB website)
• Transformació reversible d’estructures 3D nano-poroses a noves 2D no poroses mitjançant lligands esfèrics (UABDivulga)