Power of infrared and raman spectroscopies to characterize metal-organic frameworks and investigate their interaction with guest molecules

KI Hadjiivanov, DA Panayotov, MY Mihaylov… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The variety of functionalities and porous structures inherent to metal-organic frameworks
(MOFs) together with the facile tunability of their properties makes these materials suitable …

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 …

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 …

Spectroscopy, microscopy, diffraction and scattering of archetypal MOFs: formation, metal sites in catalysis and thin films

M Rivera-Torrente, LDB Mandemaker, M Filez… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous crystalline materials showing great
potential for applications such as catalysis, gas storage, molecular separations, energy …

A close look at molecular self-assembly with the transmission electron microscope

A Rizvi, JT Mulvey, BP Carpenter, R Talosig… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular self-assembly is pervasive in the formation of living and synthetic materials.
Knowledge gained from research into the principles of molecular self-assembly drives …

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 …

Role of driving force on engineering layer-by-layer protein/polyphenol coating with flexible structures and properties

R Lu, B Zhao, L Yang, S Zheng, X Zan… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Protein-based coatings are of immense interest due to their rich biological functions. Layer-
by-layer (LbL) assembly, as a powerful means of transferring protein functions to the …

2D molecular crystal lattices: advances in their synthesis, characterization, and application

MA Solomos, FJ Claire, TJ Kempa - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This review identifies how recent advances in controlling the structure and properties of MOF
and COF thin films can be used to establish 2D molecular crystals as a new material …

In situ Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy of Water Adsorption on Nanoislands of Surface‐Anchored Metal‐Organic Frameworks

G Delen, M Monai, F Meirer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite technological advancements, probing gas‐solid interfaces at the nanoscale is still a
formidable challenge. New nano‐spectroscopic methods are needed to understand the …

Solution atomic layer deposition of smooth, continuous, crystalline metal–organic framework thin films

MKS Barr, S Nadiri, DH Chen, PG Weidler… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
For the first time, a procedure has been established for the growth of surface-anchored metal–
organic framework (SURMOF) copper (II) benzene-1, 4-dicarboxylate (Cu-BDC) thin films of …