Understanding and controlling the nucleation and growth of metal–organic frameworks

BP Carpenter, AR Talosig, B Rose… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic frameworks offer a diverse landscape of building blocks to design high
performance materials for implications in almost every major industry. With this diversity …

Direct synthesis of amorphous coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks

Z Lin, JJ Richardson, J Zhou, F Caruso - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Coordination polymers (CPs) and their subset, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), can have
porous structures and hybrid physicochemical properties that are useful for diverse …

Unit-cell-thick zeolitic imidazolate framework films for membrane application

Q Liu, Y Miao, LF Villalobos, S Li, HY Chi, C Chen… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are a subset of metal–organic frameworks with more
than 200 characterized crystalline and amorphous networks made of divalent transition …

Structural analysis of molecular materials using the pair distribution function

MW Terban, SJL Billinge - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This is a review of atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis as applied to the study of
molecular materials. The PDF method is a powerful approach to study short-and …

Large cages of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

H Wang, X Pei, MJ Kalmutzki, J Yang… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The design and synthesis of permanently porous materials with extended cage
structures is a long-standing challenge in chemistry. In this Account, we highlight the unique …

Non-classical crystallization in soft and organic materials

JS Du, Y Bae, JJ De Yoreo - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Classical nucleation and crystal growth theories describe how nuclei form, become stable
after reaching a critical size and then enlarge through monomer attachment. More than two …

Three-step nucleation of metal–organic framework nanocrystals

X Liu, SW Chee, S Raj, M Sawczyk… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline nanoporous materials with great potential
for a wide range of industrial applications. Understanding the nucleation and early growth …

Metal–organic framework derived Co 3 O 4/C@ SiO 2 yolk–shell nanoreactors with enhanced catalytic performance

M Zhang, C Wang, C Liu, R Luo, J Li, X Sun… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The simultaneous rational optimization of structure and composition is extremely important
for improving the catalytic performance of yolk–shell nanoreactors, but has been rarely …

Zeolotic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) derived porous carbon: A review from crystal growth & green synthesis to oxygen reduction reaction activity

MA Mohamud, AB Yurtcan - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has slow reaction rate that decrease the chemical
conversion productivity in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) which has to be …

Photosensitizer-based metal-organic frameworks for highly effective photodynamic therapy

SR Alves, IR Calori, AC Tedesco - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2021 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses a photosensitizer, molecular oxygen, and visible light as
an alternative clinical protocol against located malignant tumors and other diseases. More …