Title
NanoMOF Rubik's Cube
Technique
SEM Quanta 650FEG
Description
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous polymers consisting of metal clusters coordinated to organic ligands to form 1D, 2D or 3D network structures. Using a solvent evaporation method, cubic MOF crystals self-assembled into a NxN "Rubik's Cube".

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Technical specifications
This SEM image was taken by SEM Quanta 650FEG at ICN2. Fake colors added with Photoshop.
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