TY - JOUR A1 - Mutruc, D. A1 - Goulet-Hanssens, A. A1 - Fairmann, S. A1 - Wahl, S. A1 - Zimathies, Annett A1 - Knie, C. A1 - Hecht, S. T1 - Modulating Guest Uptake in Core-Shell MOFs with Visible Light N2 - A two-component core-shell UiO-68 type metal-organic framework (MOF) with a nonfunctionalized interior for efficient guest uptake and storage and a thin light-responsive outer shell was prepared by initial solvothermal MOF synthesis followed by solvent-assisted linker exchange. The bulky shell linker features two tetra-ortho-fluorinated azobenzene moieties to exploit their advantageous photoisomerization properties. The obtained perfect octahedral MOF single crystals can be switched repeatedly and with an unprecedented efficiency between E- and Z-rich states using visible light only. Due to the high photoswitch density per pore of the shell layer, its steric demand and thus molecular uptake (and release) can be conveniently modulated upon green and blue light irradiation. Therefore, the "smart" shell acts as a light-controlled kinetic barrier or "gate" for the diffusion of cargo molecules in and out of the MOF crystals. KW - Visible light KW - Azobenzene KW - Guest uptake/release KW - Metal– organic frameworks KW - Photochromism PY - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201906606 VL - 58 SP - 12862 EP - 12867 PB - WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-48941 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -