Exploring the Structural, Dynamic, and Functional Properties of Metal‐Organic Frameworks through Molecular Modeling

F Formalik, K Shi, F Joodaki, X Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This review spotlights the role of atomic‐level modeling in research on metal‐organic
frameworks (MOFs), especially the key methodologies of density functional theory (DFT) …

MOFs in the time domain

DJ Cerasale, DC Ward, TL Easun - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Many of the proposed applications of metal–organic framework (MOF) materials may fail to
materialize if the community does not fully address the difficult fundamental work needed to …

Hierarchical ternary titanium dioxide decorated with graphene quantum dot/ZIF-8 nanocomposite for the photocatalytic degradation of doxycycline and dye using …

B Rabeie, NM Mahmoodi - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, the ternary nanostructure of titania (TiO 2) decorated with graphene quantum dot
(GQD)/zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8)(T/G/Z: TiO 2/GQD/ZIF-8) was synthesized by …

The role of phonons in switchable MOFs: a model material perspective

AEJ Hoffman, I Senkovska, L Abylgazina… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The large cell volume changes of switchable metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) render them
as promising functional materials. Low-frequency phonon modes are known to influence the …

Unfolding the terahertz spectrum of soft porous crystals: rigid unit modes and their impact on phase transitions

AEJ Hoffman, I Senkovska, J Wieme, A Krylov… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Phase transitions in flexible metal–organic frameworks or soft porous crystals are mediated
by low-frequency phonons or rigid-unit modes. The alteration of specific building blocks may …

Graphene quantum dot incorporation in the zeolitic imidazolate framework with sodalite (SOD) topology: Synthesis and improving the adsorption ability in liquid phase

B Rabeie, M Mahkam, NM Mahmoodi… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
An amazing combination of zero-dimensional graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with three-
dimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) improves the resulting nanocomposite …

Pore opening and breathing transitions in metal-organic frameworks: Coupling adsorption and deformation

F Formalik, AV Neimark, J Rogacka, L Firlej… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soft porous crystals undergo large structural transformations under a variety of physical
stimuli. Breathing-like transformations, occurring with a large volume change, have been …

Mobility of Aromatic Guests and Isobutane in ZIF-8 Metal–Organic Framework Studied by 2H Solid State NMR Spectroscopy

AE Khudozhitkov, SS Arzumanov… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic framework ZIF-8 is renowned for its adsorption and separation properties
influenced by the framework flexibility. Although much effort was put into understanding the …

Computational Modeling of Reticular Materials: The Past, the Present, and the Future

W Temmerman, R Goeminne, KS Rawat… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reticular materials rely on a unique building concept where inorganic and organic building
units are stitched together giving access to an almost limitless number of structured ordered …

Phonons and adsorption-induced deformations in ZIFs: is it really a gate opening?

F Formalik, B Mazur, M Fischer, L Firlej… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report a microscopic model of the phonon-adsorption correlations in flexible metal–
organic framework materials. We analyze the mechanism of the gate opening deformation …