Lin Liang

TL;DR: A general procedure to grow large single crystals of three-dimensional imine-based covalent organic framework materials and to collection of single-crystal x-ray diffraction data of up to 0.83-angstrom resolution, leading to unambiguous solution and precise anisotropic refinement.

TL;DR: By combining labile metal coordination and dynamic covalent chemistry, a strategy to synthesise single-crystal metallo-COFs under solvothermal conditions is discovered to synthesize single crystalline 1D meetallo-covalent organic frameworks.

TL;DR: For the first time a non-interpenetrated single-crystal COF is reported, LZU-306, which possesses the open structure constructed exclusively via covalent assembly, and provides a unique matrix-isolation platform to reticulate functional moieties into a well-defined and isolated state.

TL;DR: The diverse crystal size effects of two representative COFs based on the successful realization of crystal-size-controlled synthesis are reported, finding that size effect reflects in pore surface area by influencing the pore integrity, while for flexible COF-300 with straight channels, crystal size controls structural flexibility by altering the number of repeating units.

TL;DR: In this article , a modulated strategy for the facile synthesis of self-standing COF films with good crystallinity and tunable thickness was proposed, which can be used as a membrane for efficient removal of 99% mercury ions from aqueous solution.