Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)

Among the most compelling recent developments in microporous materials chemistry are stable, crystalline coordination polymers, also known as metal-organic-framework materials (MOFs). Often viewed as “soft materials” analogues of inorganic zeolites, the best materials of this kind are stable to repetitive addition and removal of polar solvent molecules and can withstand temperatures as high as 450 K. Because the frameworks are modular and organic, an almost infinite variety of materials can be envisioned, suggesting tremendous versatility in terms of chemical modulation of affinities for candidate guest molecules.

Contact Karen Mulfort or Baoqing Ma for more information about MOFs.
 

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