Issue 11, 2021

Elucidating pore chemistry within metal–organic frameworks via single crystal X-ray diffraction; from fundamental understanding to application

Abstract

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have made inroads in diverse chemical sectors due to the essentially limitless combination of building units and the ability to post-synthetically modify their pore chemistry at the molecular level. The crystalline nature of MOFs permits the use of single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) to obtain crystallographic snapshots of these transformations, providing invaluable information into the unorthodox chemistry that MOFs can potentially offer. This highlight article aims to provide the reader with the most recent milestones in the use of SCXRD as a vanguard technique to connect molecular-level pore engineering of MOFs with new application fields hitherto unexplored.

Graphical abstract: Elucidating pore chemistry within metal–organic frameworks via single crystal X-ray diffraction; from fundamental understanding to application

Article information

Article type
Highlight
Submitted
15 Jan 2021
Accepted
04 Mar 2021
First published
05 Mar 2021

CrystEngComm, 2021,23, 2185-2195

Elucidating pore chemistry within metal–organic frameworks via single crystal X-ray diffraction; from fundamental understanding to application

J. Albalad, C. J. Sumby, D. Maspoch and C. J. Doonan, CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 2185 DOI: 10.1039/D1CE00067E

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