Omar M. Yaghi

TL;DR: An experimental study of therotational dynamics of the 1,4-phenylenedicarboxylate bridge of MOF-5, which has no steric contacts that might contribute to the rotational barrier, reveals an activation barrier for rotation lower than reported in theoretical studies of truncated models.

TL;DR: The first experimental diffusion studies on nanoporous metal-organic framework materials are presented, using MOF-5 that had been prepared on a kilogram scale and studied the mobility of methane, ethane, nhexane, and benzene by pulsed field gradient NMR, which is a well-established technique for intracrystalline self-diffusion studies in microporous solids.

TL;DR: This MOF represents the first example of combining metal cluster chemistry with dynamic organic covalent bond formation to give a new crystalline, extended framework of titanium metal, which is rarely used in MOFs.

TL;DR: Three ZIFs with the chabazite topology are synthesized by incorporating two distinct imidazolate links and are equally effective at the dynamic separation of CO2 from N2 under both dry and humid conditions without any loss of performance over three cycles.

TL;DR: A new family of porous crystals was prepared by combining 1H-1,2,3-triazole and divalent metal ions to give six isostructural metal-Triazolates (termed MET-1 to 6), which have permanent porosity and display surface areas as high as some of the most porous zeolites, with one member of this family exhibiting significant electrical conductivity.