Morphology controlled synthesis of yttrium metal–organic frameworks with a tritopic ligand

• A green, simple and fast synthetic approach for the growth of Y-BTC MOFs is reported. fine tailoring structure morphology observed as a function operative parameters. Both time temperature play role on control MOFs. The synthesis can be easily scaled-up production in large scale. Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are extended three-dimensional metal-organic clusters created by self-assembly metal ions with organic ligands, whose repeated unit spreads space very orderly. Yttrium based 3D network structure, have been synthesized using tritopic linker 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (H 3 -BTC) adopting one-pot, green through tuning process parameters like time. syntheses carried out at various temperatures reaction times, order to correlate morphological structural features conditions. samples studied detail powder X-Ray diffraction (PXRD) FT-IR spectroscopy analyse arrangements. Specifically, PXRD patterns compared derived from literature data. sample room 24 h has same known Y(BTC)(H 2 O) 6 compound, while produced high new cell = 14.668(2) Å, b 16.316(2) c 6.9650(4) Å. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) allowed investigate evolution MOF Additionally, thermal analyses (TGA DSC) assessed stability modifications samples.