and T. J. Prior

Bio: and T. J. Prior is an academic researcher from University of Liverpool. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chirality (chemistry) & Denticity. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 553 citations.

A Versatile Family of Interconvertible Microporous Chiral Molecular Frameworks: The First Example of Ligand Control of Network Chirality

Abstract: Two families of molecular frameworks which grow as homochiral single crystals are described. Both consist of multiple interpenetration of the three-connected chiral (10,3)-a (Y*) network and result from the tridentate coordination of the 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate (btc) ligand to octahedral metal centers which act as linear connectors. The nature of the interpenetration is controlled by the auxiliary ligands bound in the equatorial plane of the metal center. Ethylene glycol (eg) binds in a unidentate fashion to form phase A which has 28% accessible solvent volume and contains four interpenetrating (10,3)-a networks. 1,2-Propanediol (1,2-pd) coordinates as a bidentate ligand to yield a phase B with a greatly enhanced 51% of solvent accessible volume, because only two (distorted) (10,3)-a‘ networks interpenetrate. Ligands in the void space and bound to the metal center can both be liberated thermally: the kinetics of this process allow isolation of microporous desolvated crystalline A and B. The porous ph...

Reticular synthesis and the design of new materials

Abstract: The long-standing challenge of designing and constructing new crystalline solid-state materials from molecular building blocks is just beginning to be addressed with success. A conceptual approach that requires the use of secondary building units to direct the assembly of ordered frameworks epitomizes this process: we call this approach reticular synthesis. This chemistry has yielded materials designed to have predetermined structures, compositions and properties. In particular, highly porous frameworks held together by strong metal-oxygen-carbon bonds and with exceptionally large surface area and capacity for gas storage have been prepared and their pore metrics systematically varied and functionalized.

Hybrid porous solids: past, present, future

Abstract: This critical review will be of interest to the experts in porous solids (including catalysis), but also solid state chemists and physicists. It presents the state-of-the-art on hybrid porous solids, their advantages, their new routes of synthesis, the structural concepts useful for their ‘design’, aiming at reaching very large pores. Their dynamic properties and the possibility of predicting their structure are described. The large tunability of the pore size leads to unprecedented properties and applications. They concern adsorption of species, storage and delivery and the physical properties of the dense phases. (323 references)

Ordered porous materials for emerging applications

Abstract: "Space—the final frontier." This preamble to a well-known television series captures the challenge encountered not only in space travel adventures, but also in the field of porous materials, which aims to control the size, shape and uniformity of the porous space and the atoms and molecules that define it. The past decade has seen significant advances in the ability to fabricate new porous solids with ordered structures from a wide range of different materials. This has resulted in materials with unusual properties and broadened their application range beyond the traditional use as catalysts and adsorbents. In fact, porous materials now seem set to contribute to developments in areas ranging from microelectronics to medical diagnosis.

Metal-organic frameworks

Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks are a recently-identified class of porous polymeric material, consisting of metal ions linked together by organic bridging ligands, and are a new development on the interface between molecular coordination chemistry and materials science. A range of novel structures has been prepared which feature amongst the largest pores known for crystalline compounds, very high sorption capacities and complex sorption behaviour not seen in aluminosilicate zeolites. The development of synthetic approaches to these materials and investigations of their properties are reviewed.

Engineering coordination polymers towards applications

Abstract: The development in the field of coordination polymers or metal-organic coordination networks, MOCNs (metal-organic frameworks, MOFs) is assessed in terms of property investigations in the areas of catalysis, chirality, conductivity, luminescence, magnetism, spin-transition (spin-crossover), non-linear optics (NLO) and porosity or zeolitic behavior upon which potential applications could be based.