Peter J. Waller

TL;DR: Since the organic constituents of COFs, when linked, do not undergo significant change in their overall geometry, it has been possible to predict the structures of the resulting COF, and this advantage has facilitated their characterization using powder X-ray diffraction techniques, which has allowed for the synthesis of COF structures by design and for their formation with the desired composition, pore size, and aperture.

TL;DR: The desert experiment uncovered key parameters pertaining to the energy, material, and air requirements for efficient production of water from desert air, even at a subzero dew point.

TL;DR: This work demonstrates (a) the first chemical conversion of a COF linkage and (b) how the usual "crystallization problem" encountered in COF chemistry can be bypassed to access COFs, such as these amides, that are typically thought to be difficult to obtain by the usual de novo methods.

TL;DR: Imine-linked ILCOF-1 based on 1,4-phenylenediamine and 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(4-formylphenyl)pyrene was converted through consecutive linker substitution and oxidative cyclization to two isostructural covalent organic frameworks, having thiazole and oxazole linkages, constituting a facile method for accessing COFs and linkages that are otherwise difficult to crystallize.

TL;DR: Covalent organic frameworks are constructed by covalently linking organic molecules into crystalline 2D and 3D networks as mentioned in this paper, which allow for precise spatial organization of chemical functionalities but do so at length scales ranging from a few angstroms to several microns.