Fatty acids as biomimetic replication agents for luminescent metal–organic framework patterns. Issue 84 (23rd September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hafner, Michael R.; Carraro, Francesco; Brandner, Lea A.; Maniam, Sivakumar; Grenci, Gianluca; Ljubojevic-Holzer, Senka; Bischof, Helmut; Malli, Roland; Borisov, Sergey M.; Doonan, Christian; Falcaro, Paolo
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 56:Issue 84(2020)
• Page Start: 12733
• Page End: 12736
• Publication Date: 2020-09-23
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03876h
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : Insoluble fatty acids that trigger the growth of luminescent MOFs on fingerprint residues were employed for the precise positioning of MOFs. Abstract : Luminescent metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are known to spontaneously self-assemble on human fingerprints. Here, we investigate the different chemical components of fingerprints and determine that MOF growth is predominantly induced by insoluble fatty acids. This finding shows that these simple biomolecules can be employed for the precise positioning of luminescent MOFs.