Susumu Kitagawa

TL;DR: A new 2D pillared-bilayer porous coordination polymer (PCP) has been synthesized and structurally characterized that shows selective adsorption of CO(2) over other gases and guest selective single/double-step adsorptive activity of vapor correlated to the successive confinement of adsorbates in a 1D channel and a 2D interlayer space.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the upscale synthesis of CPL-1[Cu2pzdc)2(pz)]n using water as the solvent, where the reaction conditions were investigated and found to be optimal when using the minimum amount of reagent possible in water by adjusting the pH to 6.4 leading to CPL1 formation with high yield (95% yields) and space-time yield (660 kg m−3 day−1).

TL;DR: The assemblies of the zigzag chains of the copper(II) compounds exhibit reversible vapochromic behavior, and UV/Vis, powder X-ray diffraction, EPR, and adsorption isotherm measurements indicate that this vapochROMic behavior is based on the hinge-like flexibility of the bhnq(2-) ion.

TL;DR: A new opportunity to use MOFs as macromolecular scaffolds towards CO-releasing materials and the advantage of MOFs for high CO payloads, which is essential in future therapeutic applications is demonstrated.

TL;DR: In this article, a 2D structure composed of six-membered rings of coppers interconnected by six btds, [Cu 6 (btd) 6 ] 6+