Net-clipping is a strategy for the topological prediction of MOFs built with reduced-symmetry linkers. It is based on the deconstruction of nets by clipping half of the connectivity in tetrahedral, hexagonal, cubic or hexagonal prismatic nodes.
A topologically diverse MOF dataset, NU-topoMOF-2025, was constructed and screened to identify topology-based design rules for materials with enhanced hydrogen storage performance.
In this work, we report the synthesis of zirconium- and rare-earth-based metal–organic frameworks using a linker desymmetrization strategy, enabling access to previously unattainable topologies, defective clusters, and enhanced catalytic activity.
Reticular chemistry allows for the rational design and synthesis of stable metal–organic frameworks with targeted nets and programmable pores for diverse applications ranging from water capture and catalysis to gas storage and separation.
A T-shaped [2]rotaxane linker was used to make a pcu MOF, designated UWDM-16. SCXRD showed the rotaxanes occupy pores in the material and 2H SSNMR verified that the macrocyclic wheel is mobile in the solid-state.