Although technologically promising, the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce carbon monoxide (CO) remains economically challenging owing to the lack of an inexpensive, active, highly select...

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are hybrid materials composed of metal ions and organic linkers featuring high porosity, crystallinity, and chemical tunability at multiple length scales. A recent...

Industrial-scale thermal separation processes have contributed greatly to the rise in carbon dioxide emissions. Porous materials, such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), can potentially reduce these...

Ceria-based materials have been highly desired in photocatalytic reactions due to their redox properties and strong oxygen storage and transfer ability. Herein, we report the structures of one CeCe70...

ConspectusCurrent global crises related to clean energy and the environment entail the development of materials that are capable of addressing these challenges. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), a...

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have demonstrated their versatility in a wide range of applications, including chemical separation, gas capture, and storage. In industrial adsorption processes, MOFs...

Isothermal titration calorimetry was leveraged to systematically study how the structural properties of MOFs, such as hydrophobicity, pore size, and topology, influence the thermodynamics of protein...

Constructing flexible metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with targeted properties is of high interest given their demonstrated potential as smart materials that undergo structural transformations in...

Krypton and xenon are important gases in many applications, including, but not limited to, electronics, lighting, and medicine. Separation of these two gases by cryogenic distillation is highly...

Recent advancements in the development of conductive metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have sparked interest in a variety of applications that leverage electronic...

Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) are promising materials for gas adsorption because of their high surface area, processability, and tailorable backbone. Specifically, nitrile groups on the...

Interpenetration of two or more sublattices is common among many metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Herein, we study the evolution of one zirconium cluster-based, 3,8-connected MOF from its non-inter...

The quest for new and unique polynuclear metal-oxocarboxylate clusters has led to a continual boom of highly connected and robust metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with intriguing properties. In this...

Wang et al. present a synthetic strategy using Ce4Ti2-oxo clusters to create ultra-thermally stable MOFs with large crystal sizes. This method’s generality is demonstrated by producing another...

Solid supports play an indispensable role in heterogeneous catalysis, as they can directly affect the catalytic activity and selectivity of supported catalysts. However, the specific roles of such...

Hydrocarbon separations using porous materials such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been proposed to reduce the energy demands associated with current distillation-based methods. Despite the...

Enzymes are natural catalysts for a wide range of metabolic chemical transformations, including selective hydrolysis, oxidation, and phosphorylation. Herein, we demonstrate a strategy for the...

Despite global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, continued industrialization threatens to exacerbate climate change. This work investigates methods to capture CO2, with a focus on the...

The high chemical and structural diversity of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), which are porous crystalline materials, has attracted significant academic and industrial interest. However, the poor...

The world is currently suffering socially, economically, and politically from the recent pandemic outbreak due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and those in hospitals, schools, and elderly...

$3.3 million project is one of nine focused on capturing carbon directly from air

The local environment of a metal active site plays an important role in affecting the catalytic activity and selectivity. In recent studies, tailoring the behavior of a molybdenum-based active site...