Mohamed Eddaoudi

Reticular synthesis and the design of new materials

Modular Chemistry:  Secondary Building Units as a Basis for the Design of Highly Porous and Robust Metal−Organic Carboxylate Frameworks

Secondary building units (SBUs) are molecular complexes and cluster entities in which ligand coordination modes and metal coordination environments can be utilized in the transf...

Assembly of Metal−Organic Frameworks from Large Organic and Inorganic Secondary Building Units:  New Examples and Simplifying Principles for Complex Structures

The secondary building unit (SBU) has been identified as a useful tool in the analysis of complex metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). We illustrate its applicability to rationalizi...

Design and synthesis of an exceptionally stable and highly porous metal-organic framework

Quest for Zeolite-like Metal−Organic Frameworks:  On Pyrimidinecarboxylate Bis-Chelating Bridging Ligands

Two novel porous zeolitelike metal-organic frameworks (ZMOFs) were constructed via the single metal ion-based molecular building block approach from rigid and directional tetrah...

Establishing Microporosity in Open Metal−Organic Frameworks:  Gas Sorption Isotherms for Zn(BDC) (BDC = 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylate)

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVCommunicationNEXTEstablishing Microporosity in Open Metal−Organic Frameworks: Gas Sorption Isotherms for Zn(BDC) (BDC = 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylate...

Systematic Design of Pore Size and Functionality in Isoreticular MOFs and Their Application in Methane Storage

A strategy based on reticulating metal ions and organic carboxylate links into extended networks has been advanced to a point that allowed the design of porous structures in whi...

Highly Porous and Stable Metal−Organic Frameworks:  Structure Design and Sorption Properties

Gas sorption isotherm measurements performed on the evacuated derivatives of four porous metal−organic frameworks (MOF-n), Zn(BDC)·(DMF)(H2O) (DMF = N,N'-dimethylformamide, BDC ...

Large Free Volume in Maximally Interpenetrating Networks:  The Role of Secondary Building Units Exemplified by Tb₂(ADB)₃[(CH₃)₂SO]₄·16[(CH₃)₂SO]¹

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVCommunicationNEXTLarge Free Volume in Maximally Interpenetrating Networks: The Role of Secondary Building Units Exemplified by Tb2(ADB)3[(CH3)2S...

Zeolite-<i>like</i> Metal−Organic Frameworks as Platforms for Applications: On Metalloporphyrin-Based Catalysts

The extra-large cavities of zeolite-like metal-organic frameworks (ZMOFs) offer great potential for their exploration in applications pertinent to larger molecules, like porphyr...

Interwoven Metal-Organic Framework on a Periodic Minimal Surface with Extra-Large Pores

Interpenetration (catenation) has long been considered a major impediment in the achievement of stable and porous crystalline structures. A strategy for the design of highly por...

Frameworks for Extended Solids: Geometrical Design Principles

A route to high surface area, porosity and inclusion of large molecules in crystals

Temperature and Concentration Control over Interpenetration in a Metal−Organic Material

A pillared framework formed from 4,4'-bipyridine (bipy) and sheets of dinuclear Cd(2) nodes and 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid (bdc) linkers can be prepared in both interpenetrate...