Abstract
We demonstrate a redox-active, crystalline donor-acceptor (D-A) assembly in which the electron transfer (ET) process can be reversibly switched. This ET process, induced by a guest-responsive structural transformation at room temperature, is realized in a porous, metal-organic framework (MOF), having anthracene (D)-naphthalenediimide (A) as struts. A control MOF structure obtained by a solvent-assisted linker exchange (SALE) method, replacing an acceptor strut with a neutral one, supported the switchable electronic states in the D-A MOF. Combined investigations with X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy, and theoretical analyses revealed the dynamic metal paddle-wheel node as a critical unit for controlling structural flexibility and the corresponding unprecedented ET process.
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