Volume 201, 2017

Spiers Memorial Lecture:

Progress and prospects of reticular chemistry

Abstract

Reticular chemistry, the linking of molecular building units by strong bonds to make crystalline, extended structures such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), and covalent organic frameworks (COFs), is currently one of the most rapidly expanding fields of science. In this contribution, we outline the origins of the field; the key intellectual and practical contributions, which have led to this expansion; and the new directions reticular chemistry is taking that are changing the way we think about making new materials and the manner with which we incorporate chemical information within structures to reach additional levels of functionality. This progress is described in the larger context of chemistry and unexplored, yet important, aspects of this field are presented.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Mud 2017
Accepted
16 Mud 2017
First published
18 Mha 2017

Faraday Discuss., 2017,201, 9-45

Spiers Memorial Lecture:

B. Rungtaweevoranit, C. S. Diercks, M. J. Kalmutzki and Omar M. Yaghi, Faraday Discuss., 2017, 201, 9 DOI: 10.1039/C7FD00160F

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