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• Comment | 24 August 2022

  The development of molecule-based porous material families and their future prospects

  Metal–organic frameworks, porous coordination network materials constructed with metal ions and organic molecules, have grown over the past 20 years into an innovative chemistry that has contributed to solutions for the problems faced by humanity in the environment, resources, energy and health.

  • Satoshi Horike
  •  & Susumu Kitagawa

• Article | 29 July 2021

  A hybrid erbium(III)–bacteriochlorin near-infrared probe for multiplexed biomedical imaging

  An erbium(III)–bacteriochlorin probe with large Stokes shift and efficient near-infrared to near-infrared energy conversion enables multiplexed imaging of deep tissues in living animals.

  • Ting Wang
  • , Shangfeng Wang
  •  & Fan Zhang

• Letter | 03 February 2020

  Selective nitrogen adsorption via backbonding in a metal–organic framework with exposed vanadium sites

  Nitrogenases use transition metals to selectively capture weak π acids such as N₂ by employing backbonding interactions. Here, a metal–organic framework with exposed vanadium sites is presented that uses this approach for selective capture of N₂ from CH₄, with impressive selectivity and capacity.

  • David E. Jaramillo
  • , Douglas A. Reed
  •  & Jeffrey R. Long

• Article | 16 December 2019

  Quantitative production of butenes from biomass-derived γ-valerolactone catalysed by hetero-atomic MFI zeolite

  Production of olefins from biomass-derived γ-valerolactone could lead to sustainable chemical processes, but catalysts suffer from deactivation due to water. Here, a MFI-type zeolite doped with Nb(v) and Al(iii) shows >99% yield at 320 °C and catalyst stability over 180 hours.

  • Longfei Lin
  • , Alena M. Sheveleva
  •  & Sihai Yang

• Article | 13 May 2019

  Highly stable fullerene-based porous molecular crystals with open metal sites

  Porous molecular crystals are easy to fabricate but thought to have limited stability as they are bound by non-covalent interactions. Here, a porous crystal composed of C₆₀ and phthalocyanine is demonstrated with stability to heat, acid, base and high pressures.

  • C. Grazia Bezzu
  • , Luke A. Burt
  •  & Neil B. McKeown

• News & Views | 19 November 2018

  Ordered polymeric membranes using metals

  By combining metal ions, organic linkers and polymers, ordered frameworks with controlled crystallite size can form. When fabricated into membranes, they combine superlative CO₂/N₂ separation properties with good hydrolytic stability.

  • Joshua D. Moon
  •  & Benny D. Freeman

• Article | 19 November 2018

  Metal-induced ordered microporous polymers for fabricating large-area gas separation membranes

  Controlling crystallite size can lead to improved applications. Here, this is achieved by a combination of metal ions, organic linkers, and polymers; the resultant membrane displays promising CO₂/N₂ separation properties and hydrolytic stability.

  • Zhihua Qiao
  • , Song Zhao
  •  & Michael D. Guiver

• Letter | 11 June 2018

  Reversible adsorption of nitrogen dioxide within a robust porous metal–organic framework

  High and reversible nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) uptake, and low-concentration NO₂ removal from gas mixtures, is observed in a metal–organic framework. The NO₂ is bound within the pores by cooperative supramolecular interactions.

  • Xue Han
  • , Harry G. W. Godfrey
  •  & Martin Schröder

• News & Views | 09 October 2017

  Unveiling liquid MOFs

  Diffraction and simulation studies reveal the presence of significant porosity in both the glass and liquid phases of a metal–organic framework.

  • Satoshi Horike
  •  & Susumu Kitagawa

• Article | 09 October 2017

  Liquid metal–organic frameworks

  The structure and porosity of a zinc imidazolate framework above the melting point was studied with neutron and X-ray scattering, and molecular dynamics. The porosity and local bonding of the framework persist even in the liquid phase.

  • Romain Gaillac
  • , Pluton Pullumbi
  •  & François-Xavier Coudert

• Article | 05 December 2016

  Centimetre-scale micropore alignment in oriented polycrystalline metal–organic framework films via heteroepitaxial growth

  Heteroepitaxial growth using aligned crystalline substrates allows extended metal–organic framework crystal growth oriented relative to the substrate

  • Paolo Falcaro
  • , Kenji Okada
  •  & Masahide Takahashi

• Article | 03 August 2015

  Fast and long-range triplet exciton diffusion in metal–organic frameworks for photon upconversion at ultralow excitation power

  Controlled overlap of molecular orbitals in metal–organic frameworks enhances triplet exciton diffusion in these structures, which are now used in solid-state photon upconverters operating under excitation power comparable to solar irradiance.

  • Prasenjit Mahato
  • , Angelo Monguzzi
  •  & Nobuo Kimizuka