Reticular chemistry—the linking of well-defined molecular building blocks by strong bonds
into crystalline extended frameworks—has enabled the synthesis of diverse metal–organic …

In the past 30 years, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have garnered widespread attention
owing to their diverse chemical structures, and tunable properties. As a result, MOFs are of …

Porphyrins are important molecules widely found in nature in the form of enzyme active sites
and visible light absorption units. Recent interest in using these functional molecules as …

The separation of related molecules with similar physical/chemical properties is of prime
industrial importance and practically entails a substantial energy penalty, typically …

The molecular building block approach was employed effectively to construct a series of
novel isoreticular, highly porous and stable, aluminum-based metal–organic frameworks …

Adsorptive separation of olefin/paraffin mixtures by porous solids can greatly reduce the
energy consumption associated with the currently employed cryogenic distillation technique …

Conspectus The prediction of crystal structures assembled in three dimensions has been
considered for a long time, simultaneously as a chemical wasteland and a certain growth …

Reticular chemistry has proven as a notable/distinctive discipline aimed at the deliberate
assembly of periodic solids, offering great opportunities to effectively deploy the gained …

The development of porous solids for adsorptive separation of propylene and propane
remains an important and challenging line of research. State-of-the-art sorbent materials …

Abstract Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), emerging as a new type of solid state porous
material, have received intensive attention in academia and industry over the last two …