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    Martín‐Illán, Jesús Á.; Rodríguez‐San‐Miguel, David; Castillo, Oscar; Beobide, Garikoitz; Perez‐Carvajal, Javier; Imaz, Inhar; Maspoch, Daniel; Zamora, Félix

    Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), June 14, 2021, Letnik: 60, Številka: 25
    Journal Article

    The use of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) in practical applications demands shaping them into macroscopic objects, which remains challenging. Herein, we report a simple three‐step method to produce COF aerogels, based on sol‐gel transition, solvent‐exchange, and supercritical CO2 drying, in which 2D imine‐based COF sheets link together to form hierarchical porous structures. The resultant COF aerogel monoliths have extremely low densities (ca. 0.02 g cm−3), high porosity (total porosity values of ca. 99 %), and mechanically behave as elastic materials under a moderate strain (<25–35 %) but become plastic under greater strain. Moreover, these COF aerogels maintain the micro‐ and meso‐porosity of their constituent COFs, and show excellent absorption capacity (e.g. toluene uptake: 32 g g−1), with high removal efficiency (ca. 99 %). The same three‐step method can be used to create functional composites of these COF aerogels with nanomaterials. A three‐step method produces COF aerogel monoliths, based on sol–gel transition, solvent‐exchange, and supercritical CO2 drying. 2D imine‐based COF sheets link together to form hierarchical porous structures. The aerogels have extremely low densities, high porosity, and mechanically behave as elastic or plastic materials under different strain. They show excellent absorption capacity with high removal efficiency.