Omar M. Yaghi

TL;DR: The secondary building unit (SBU) approach realizes a long-standing dream of scientists by bringing molecular chemistry (both organic and inorganic) to extended solid-state structures and points to the tremendous potential still to be harnessed.

TL;DR: A metal-organic framework (MOF)-coated nanoparticle photocatalyst with enhanced CO2 reduction activity and stability, which stems from having two different functional units for activity enhancement and catalytic stability combined together as a single construct.

TL;DR: A combination of polyanion size and charge allows the Keggin-type polyoxometalate (POM), a catalyst for some air-based organic oxidations, to fit snuggly in the pores of MOF-199 (HKUST-1), a metal-organic framework (MOF) with the POM countercations residing in alternative pores results in a substantial synergistic stabilization of both the MOF and the Pom.

TL;DR: Stable zeolite-like microporosity, even in the absence of guest molecules, is exhibited by a lanthanide-benzenedicarboxylate (BDC) framework, which was synthesized by the copolymerization of Tb(III) and 1,4-benzarboxylic acid.

TL;DR: In this paper, a design strategy based on knowledge gained from modular chemistry is presented for stabilizing such entities in molecular scaffolds, which often leads to their aggregation and severe distortion of their local structure features that preclude their characterization as OM sites.