TY - JOUR A1 - Zhuang, Jinliang A1 - Friedel, Jasmin A1 - Terfort, Andreas T1 - The oriented and patterned growth of fluorescent metal–organic frameworks onto functionalized surfaces JF - Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology PY - 2012/// VL - 3 SP - 570 EP - 578 SN - 2190-4286 DO - 10.3762/bjnano.3.66 PB - Beilstein-Institut JA - Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. UR - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.3.66 KW - electron-beam lithography KW - irradiation-promoted exchange reaction KW - microcontact printing KW - radiation-induced nanostructure KW - self-assembled monolayer KW - surface-attached metal–organic framework N2 - A metal–organic framework (MOF) material, [Zn2(adc)2(dabco)] (adc = anthracene-9,10-dicarboxylate, dabco = 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]­octane), the fluorescence of which depends on the loading of its nanopores, was synthesized in two forms: as free-flowing nanocrystals with different shapes and as surface-attached MOFs (SURMOFs). For the latter, we used self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) bearing functional groups, such as carboxylate and pyridyl groups, capable of coordinating to the constituents of the MOF. It could be demonstrated that this directed coordination also orients the nanocrystals deposited at the surface. Using two different patterning methods, i.e., microcontact printing and electron-beam lithography, the lateral distribution of the functional groups could be determined in such a way that the highly localized deposition of the SURMOF films became possible. ER -