Don't Call Them Stiff: Metal Organic Frameworks Show Unexpected Flexibility (IMAGE)

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Don't Call Them Stiff: Metal Organic Frameworks Show Unexpected Flexibility

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Over time, the zinc ions in MOF-5 (pink solutions) get replaced with cobalt ions, (blue solutions) demonstrating the dynamics of metal organic frameworks.

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