Omar M. Yaghi

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...

Synthetic Strategies, Structure Patterns, and Emerging Properties in the Chemistry of Modular Porous Solids

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTSynthetic Strategies, Structure Patterns, and Emerging Properties in the Chemistry of Modular Porous Solids†Omar M. Yaghi, Hailian Li...

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...

Directed Transformation of Molecules to Solids: Synthesis of a Microporous Sulfide from Molecular Germanium Sulfide Cages

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTDirected Transformation of Molecules to Solids: Synthesis of a Microporous Sulfide from Molecular Germanium Sulfide CagesO. M. Yaghi,...

Design of Solids from Molecular Building Blocks: Golden Opportunities for Solid State Chemistry

Open-Framework Solids with Diamond-Like Structures Prepared from Clusters and Metal-Organic Building Blocks

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

Metal–organic frameworks: a new class of porous materials

Selective binding and removal of guests in a microporous metal–organic framework

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...

Carbon capture and conversion using metal–organic frameworks and MOF-based materials

This review summarizes recent advances and highlights the structure–property relationship on metal–organic framework-based materials for carbon dioxide capture and conversion.

Porous, Crystalline, Covalent Organic Frameworks

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have been designed and successfully synthesized by condensation reactions of phenyl diboronic acid {C 6 H 4 [B(OH) 2 ] 2 } and hexahydroxytrip...

The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Background Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are made by linking inorganic and organic units by strong bonds (reticular synthesis). The flexibility with which the constituents’ ge...

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...

Exceptional chemical and thermal stability of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

Twelve zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs; termed ZIF-1 to -12) have been synthesized as crystals by copolymerization of either Zn(II) (ZIF-1 to -4, -6 to -8, and -10 to -11)...

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

Exceptional H₂ Saturation Uptake in Microporous Metal−Organic Frameworks

Saturation H2 uptake in a series of microporous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has been measured at 77 K. Saturation pressures vary between 25 and 80 bar across the series, wit...

Secondary building units, nets and bonding in the chemistry of metal–organic frameworks

This critical review presents a comprehensive study of transition-metal carboxylate clusters which may serve as secondary building units (SBUs) towards construction and synthesi...

Tailored Porous Materials

Tailoring of porous materials involves not only chemical synthetic techniques for tailoring microscopic properties such as pore size, pore shape, pore connectivity, and pore sur...

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...

One-Step Synthesis and Structure of an Oligo(spiro-orthocarbonate)

The reaction of pentaerythritol and tetraethylorthocarbonate at 260 degrees C for 12 h yields a white crystalline material that was characterized by 13C CPMAS NMR, CHN analysis,...

Introduction to Metal–Organic Frameworks

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEEditorialNEXTIntroduction to Metal–Organic FrameworksHong-Cai Zhou, Jeffrey R. Long, and Omar M. YaghiView Author Information Texas A&M University U...

Frameworks for Extended Solids: Geometrical Design Principles