Scholars@Duke
Liang Feng

Liang Feng CV

Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
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Selected Publications

Balancing volumetric and gravimetric capacity for hydrogen in supramolecular crystals.

Journal Article Nature chemistry · September 2024 The storage of hydrogen is key to its applications. Developing adsorbent materials with high volumetric and gravimetric storage capacities, both of which are essential for the efficient use of hydrogen as a fuel, is challenging. Here we report a controlled ... Full text Cite

Site-selective C–H functionalization in a cyclodextrin metal-organic framework

Journal Article Chem · January 11, 2024 Confinement is a unifying element in selective enzymatic reactions but has rarely been used to control site selectivity of carbon–hydrogen (C–H) bond functionalization in artificial receptors. Herein, we demonstrate the selective functionalization of one o ... Full text Cite

Aluminum metal–organic frameworks: From structures to applications

Journal Article Coordination Chemistry Reviews · August 15, 2023 It is essential to explore metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with high durabilities and versatile properties for practical applications. Multiple metal ions have been utilized to construct MOFs, among which the aluminum ion (Al3+) has drawn intensive attenti ... Full text Cite

Yolk-Shell and Hollow Zr/Ce-UiO-66 for Manipulating Selectivity in Tandem Reactions and Photoreactions.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · August 2023 One of the hallmarks of multicomponent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is to finely tune their active centers to achieve product selectivity. In particular, obtaining bimetallic MOF hollow structures with precisely tailored redox centers under the same top ... Full text Cite

Ortho Effects of Tricarboxylate Linkers in Regulating Topologies of Rare-Earth Metal-Organic Frameworks

Journal Article JACS Au · May 22, 2023 A linker design strategy is developed to attain novel polynuclear rare-earth (RE) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with unprecedented topologies. We uncover the critical role of ortho-functionalized tricarboxylate ligands in directing the construction of hi ... Full text Cite

Sequence-controlled synthesis of rotaxanes

Journal Article Journal of Polymer Science · May 15, 2023 Rotaxanes with well-defined ring sequences are attractive synthetic goals in the construction of functional materials associated with molecular shuttles and switches, molecular electronics, and information storage. Sequence-controlled synthesis of oligo- a ... Full text Cite

Dynamic Bond-Directed Synthesis of Stable Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks under Room Temperature.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · May 2023 Stable metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with mesopores (2-50 nm) are promising platforms for immobilizing nanosized functional compounds, such as metal-oxo clusters, metal-sulfide quantum dots, and coordination complexes. However, these species easily decom ... Full text Cite

Monitoring the Activation of Open Metal Sites in [FexM3-x(μ3-O)] Cluster-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks by Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · March 2023 While trinuclear [FexM3-x(μ3-O)] cluster-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have found wide applications in gas storage and catalysis, it is still challenging to identify the structure of open metal sites o ... Full text Cite

Creating hierarchical pores in metal-organic frameworks via postsynthetic reactions.

Journal Article Nature protocols · February 2023 Featured Publication Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) demonstrate promise for a multitude of applications owing to their high porosity and surface area. However, the majority of conventional MOFs possess only micropores with very limited accessibility to substances larger than ... Full text Cite

Revisiting Competitive Adsorption of Small Molecules in the Metal-Organic Framework Ni-MOF-74.

Journal Article Inorganic chemistry · January 2023 To precisely evaluate the potential of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for gas separation and purification applications, it is crucial to understand how various molecules competitively adsorb inside MOFs. In this paper, we combine in situ infrared spectros ... Full text Cite

Controlling dynamics in extended molecular frameworks.

Journal Article Nature reviews. Chemistry · October 2022 Featured Publication Molecular machines are essential dynamic components for fuel production, cargo delivery, information storage and processing in living systems. Scientists have demonstrated that they can design and synthesize artificial molecular machines that operate effic ... Full text Cite

Polyrotaxanes and the pump paradigm.

Journal Article Chemical Society reviews · October 2022 The year 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the first reports of polyrotaxanes in the scientific literature. During the past three decades, many combinations of molecular rings and polymer chains have been synthesised and characterised. Until recently, how ... Full text Cite

Enantioseparation in Hierarchically Porous Assemblies of Homochiral Cages

Journal Article ACS Central Science · May 25, 2022 Efficient enantioselective separation using porous materials requires tailored and diverse pore environments to interact with chiral substrates; yet, current cage materials usually feature uniform pores. Herein, we report two porous assemblies, PCC-60 and ... Full text Cite

Active mechanisorption driven by pumping cassettes.

Journal Article Science (New York, N.Y.) · December 2021 Featured Publication Over the past century, adsorption has been investigated extensively in equilibrium systems, with a focus on the van der Waals interactions associated with physisorption and electronic interactions in the case of chemisorption. In this study, we demonstrate ... Full text Cite

Site-Isolated Azobenzene-Containing Metal-Organic Framework for Cyclopalladated Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyuara Coupling in Flow.

Journal Article ACS applied materials & interfaces · November 2021 Sites isolation of active metals centers, systematically studied in homogeneous systems, has been an alternative to develop low metal consuming, highly active next generation catalysts in heterogeneous condition. Because of the high porosity and facile syn ... Full text Cite

Tuning the Adsorption Properties of Metal-Organic Frameworks through Coadsorbed Ammonia.

Journal Article ACS applied materials & interfaces · September 2021 In this work, we report a novel strategy to increase the gas adsorption selectivity of metal organic framework materials by coadsorbing another molecular species. Specifically, we find that addition of tightly bound NH3 molecules in the well-kno ... Full text Cite

Morphology Transcription in Hierarchical MOF-on-MOF Architectures

Journal Article ACS Materials Letters · June 7, 2021 Controlled morphology replication is a powerful method to fabricate materials with designable morphology and functions. However, this process is usually restricted to simple systems containing limited components. Herein, we report a powerful strategy to fa ... Full text Cite

Enhancing water permeability with super-hydrophilic metal-organic frameworks and hydrophobic straight pores

Journal Article Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology · June 1, 2021 High water flux and salt selectivity have been the most demanding goals for osmosis-based membranes. Osmotic pressure differences across membranes are particularly important in emerging forward osmosis and pressure retarded osmosis applications, and they a ... Full text Cite

Metal–organic frameworks as versatile platforms for organometallic chemistry

Journal Article Inorganics · April 1, 2021 Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging porous materials with highly tunable structures developed in the 1990s, while organometallic chemistry is of fundamental importance for catalytic transformation in the academic and industrial world for many deca ... Full text Cite

Linker Desymmetrization: Access to a Series of Rare-Earth Tetracarboxylate Frameworks with Eight-Connected Hexanuclear Nodes.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · February 2021 The exploration of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) through the rational design of building units with specific sizes, geometries, and symmetries is essential for enriching the structural diversity of porous solids for applications including storage, separa ... Full text Cite

A Series of Mesoporous Rare-Earth Metal-Organic Frameworks Constructed from Organic Secondary Building Units.

Journal Article Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · January 2021 Further development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) requires an establishment of hierarchical interaction within the framework. Herein, we report a series of mesoporous rare-earth (RE) MOFs that are constructed from an unusual 12-connected π-stacked pyr ... Full text Cite

Destruction of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Positive and Negative Aspects of Stability and Lability.

Journal Article Chemical reviews · December 2020 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), constructed from organic linkers and inorganic building blocks, are well-known for their high crystallinity, high surface areas, and high component tunability. The stability of MOFs is a key prerequisite for their potential ... Full text Cite

Strategies for Pore Engineering in Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks

Journal Article Chem · November 5, 2020 Design and synthesis of porous structures with desired environments are essential for many energy-related industrial applications including separation, storage, and catalysis. From a perspective of synthetic chemistry, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are r ... Full text Cite

Hierarchically porous metal-organic frameworks: synthetic strategies and applications.

Journal Article National science review · November 2020 Despite numerous advantages, applications of conventional microporous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are hampered by their limited pore sizes, such as in heterogeneous catalysis and guest delivery, which usually involve large molecules. Construction of hi ... Full text Cite

Metal-Organic Frameworks Based on Group 3 and 4 Metals.

Journal Article Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · November 2020 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on group 3 and 4 metals are considered as the most promising MOFs for varying practical applications including water adsorption, carbon conversion, and biomedical applications. The relatively strong coordination bonds ... Full text Cite

Thermally Activated Adsorption in Metal–Organic Frameworks with a Temperature‐Tunable Diffusion Barrier Layer

Journal Article Angewandte Chemie · October 12, 2020 AbstractModification of the external surfaces of metal–organic frameworks offers a new level of control over their adsorption behavior. It was previously shown that capping of MOFs with ethylenediamine (EDA) can effectively ... Full text Cite

Thermally Activated Adsorption in Metal-Organic Frameworks with a Temperature-Tunable Diffusion Barrier Layer.

Journal Article Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · October 2020 Modification of the external surfaces of metal-organic frameworks offers a new level of control over their adsorption behavior. It was previously shown that capping of MOFs with ethylenediamine (EDA) can effectively retain small gaseous molecules at room t ... Full text Cite

Porous Ti-MOF-74 Framework as a Strong-Binding Nitric Oxide Scavenger.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · September 2020 Combining synthesis, infrared spectroscopy, and ab initio modeling we show that the titanium-based porous framework Ti-MOF-74 has potential as an environmental nitric oxide (NO) scavenger, exhibiting an extraordinarily strong binding affinity and selectivi ... Full text Cite

Rapid Generation of Hierarchically Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks through Laser Photolysis

Journal Article Angewandte Chemie · July 6, 2020 AbstractHierarchically porous metal–organic frameworks (HP‐MOFs) facilitate mass transfer due to mesoporosity while preserving the advantage of microporosity. This unique feature endows HP‐MOFs with remarkable application p ... Full text Cite

Rapid Generation of Hierarchically Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks through Laser Photolysis.

Journal Article Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · July 2020 Hierarchically porous metal-organic frameworks (HP-MOFs) facilitate mass transfer due to mesoporosity while preserving the advantage of microporosity. This unique feature endows HP-MOFs with remarkable application potential in multiple fields. Recently, ne ... Full text Cite

Catalytic Porphyrin Framework Compounds

Journal Article Trends in Chemistry · June 1, 2020 Porphyrins are frequently observed in nature and play a vital role in many biological functions, including light-harvesting, oxygen transport, and catalytic transformations. The rigid, robust, and multifunctional features of porphyrins enable the construct ... Full text Cite

Optimizing Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient C2H2/CO2 Separation.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · May 2020 Adsorptive separation of acetylene (C2H2) from carbon dioxide (CO2) promises a practical way to produce high-purity C2H2 required for industrial applications. However, challenges exist in the pore envi ... Full text Cite

An Encapsulation-Rearrangement Strategy to Integrate Superhydrophobicity into Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks

Journal Article Matter · April 1, 2020 Wetting is a common phenomenon widely observed in nature. For example, hydrophobic gates are observed in ion channels and nanopores of cell membranes to control ion transportation. Inspired by nature, materials scientists have developed various superhydrop ... Full text Cite

Hierarchy in Metal-Organic Frameworks.

Journal Article ACS central science · March 2020 Sequence-defined nucleic acids and proteins with internal monomer sequences and arrangement are vital components in the living world, as a result of billions of years of molecular evolution. These natural hierarchical systems have inspired researchers to d ... Full text Cite

Continuous Variation of Lattice Dimensions and Pore Sizes in Metal-Organic Frameworks.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · March 2020 The continuous variation of the lattice metric in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) allows precise control over their chemical and physical properties. This has been realized herein by a series of mixed-linker and Zr6-cluster-based MOFs, namely, c ... Full text Cite

Porous Crystalline Spherulite Superstructures

Journal Article Chem · February 13, 2020 Assembly of crystallites into three-dimensional hierarchical superstructures is vital for the design of multicomponent architectures as capsules and reactors for storage, delivery, and catalysis. However, the development of these assemblies, for example, s ... Full text Cite

Modular Total Synthesis in Reticular Chemistry.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · February 2020 The idea of modularity in organic total synthesis has promoted the construction of diverse targeted natural products by varying the building blocks and assembly sequences. Yet its utilization has been mainly limited to the synthesis of molecular compounds ... Full text Cite

Seed-mediated evolution of hierarchical metal-organic framework quaternary superstructures.

Journal Article Chemical science · February 2020 The idea of hierarchy, widely observed in natural and artificial worlds, has been extensively explored in chemistry and materials science. Similar to proteins which contain primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures, varying levels of hierarchy ... Full text Cite

Rapid desolvation-triggered domino lattice rearrangement in a metal-organic framework.

Journal Article Nature chemistry · January 2020 Topological transitions between considerably different phases typically require harsh conditions to collectively break chemical bonds and overcome the stress caused to the original structure by altering its correlated bond environment. In this work we pres ... Full text Cite

Multielectron transportation of polyoxometalate-grafted metalloporphyrin coordination frameworks for selective CO2-to-CH4 photoconversion.

Journal Article National science review · January 2020 Photocatalytic CO2 reduction into energy carriers is of utmost importance due to the rising concentrations of CO2 and the depleting energy resource. However, the highly selective generation of desirable hydrocarbon fuel, such as metha ... Full text Cite

Publisher Correction: Rapid desolvation-triggered domino lattice rearrangement in a metal-organic framework.

Journal Article Nature chemistry · January 2020 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ... Full text Cite

Uncovering Structural Opportunities for Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks via Linker Desymmetrization.

Journal Article Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · December 2019 The discovery of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) mimicking inorganic minerals with intricate topologies requires elaborate linker design guidelines. Herein, the concept of linker desymmetrization into the design of tetratopic linker based Zr-MOFs is applie ... Full text Cite

Molecular Pivot‐Hinge Installation to Evolve Topology in Rare‐Earth Metal–Organic Frameworks

Journal Article Angewandte Chemie · November 11, 2019 AbstractLinker desymmetrization has been witnessed as a powerful design strategy for the discovery of highly connected metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with unprecedented topologies. Herein, we introduce molecular pivot‐hing ... Full text Cite

Molecular Pivot-Hinge Installation to Evolve Topology in Rare-Earth Metal-Organic Frameworks.

Journal Article Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · November 2019 Linker desymmetrization has been witnessed as a powerful design strategy for the discovery of highly connected metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with unprecedented topologies. Herein, we introduce molecular pivot-hinge installation as a linker desymmetrizati ... Full text Cite

Controllable Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Hierarchical Assemblies

Journal Article Matter · October 2, 2019 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely employed in gas storage and separation, drug delivery, and catalysis. The design and construction of MOFs and their hierarchical assemblies play a key role in enhancing properties including guest diffusion k ... Full text Cite

Imprinted Apportionment of Functional Groups in Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · September 2019 Sophisticated chemical processes widely observed in biological cells require precise apportionment regulation of building units, which inspires researchers to develop tailorable architectures with controllable heterogeneity for replication, recognition and ... Full text Cite

The chemistry of multi-component and hierarchical framework compounds.

Journal Article Chemical Society reviews · September 2019 Multi-component hierarchically porous materials are an emerging class of materials with tailored compositions, tunable distribution and sophisticated applications. An increasing demand for multifunctionalities and hierarchical structures has resulted in ex ... Full text Cite

Lattice Expansion and Contraction in Metal-Organic Frameworks by Sequential Linker Reinstallation

Journal Article Matter · July 10, 2019 Isoreticular expansion of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) by linker elongation often leads to interpenetration or other undesired structures. Here we report a sequential linker labilization and reinstallation method to expand the unit cell dimensions of MO ... Full text Cite

Modular Programming of Hierarchy and Diversity in Multivariate Polymer/Metal-Organic Framework Hybrid Composites.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · July 2019 The idea that complex systems have a hierarchical arrangement has been widely observed on various scales. In this work, we introduce the concept of modular programming, which emphasizes isolating the functionality of a system into independent, interchangea ... Full text Cite

Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Frameworks Installed with Brønsted Acid Sites for Efficient Tandem Semisynthesis of Artemisinin

Journal Article ACS Catalysis · June 7, 2019 Artemisinin, an essential antimalarial drug, requires a synthetic pathway that has a high environmental and financial cost. Conventional homogeneous photocatalysts and acid catalysts usually suffer from recycling problems that lead to a dramatic decrease i ... Full text Cite

Photosensitizer-Anchored 2D MOF Nanosheets as Highly Stable and Accessible Catalysts toward Artemisinin Production.

Journal Article Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · June 2019 2D metal-organic frameworks (2D-MOFs) have recently emerged as promising materials for gas separations, sensing, conduction, and catalysis. However, the stability of these 2D-MOF catalysts and the tunability over catalytic environments are limited. Herein, ... Full text Cite

Discovery of precise pH-controlled biomimetic catalysts: defective zirconium metal-organic frameworks as alkaline phosphatase mimics.

Journal Article Nanoscale · June 2019 The well-controlled structural motifs of zirconium metal-organic frameworks (Zr-MOFs) and their similarity to enzyme cofactors make them ideally suited for biomimetic catalysis. However, the activation methodologies for these motifs, the structural informa ... Full text Cite

Temperature-Controlled Evolution of Nanoporous MOF Crystallites into Hierarchically Porous Superstructures

Journal Article Chem · May 9, 2019 Sophisticated multichannel tubular structures have long been utilized in biological systems. However, the well-controlled assembly of biomimetic materials utilizing these features still remains a challenge. Herein, we report an unexpected one-pot fabricati ... Full text Cite

Maximizing Photoresponsive Efficiency by Isolating Metal-Organic Polyhedra into Confined Nanoscaled Spaces.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · May 2019 Photoresponsive metal-organic polyhedra (PMOPs) have attracted expanding interests due to their modular nature with tunable functionality and variable responsive behaviors tailored conveniently by external-stimulus. However, their photoresponsive efficienc ... Full text Cite

Topology Exploration in Highly Connected Rare-Earth Metal-Organic Frameworks via Continuous Hindrance Control.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · May 2019 The structural diversity of highly connected metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has long been limited due to the scarcity of highly connected metal clusters and the corresponding available topology. Herein, we deliberately chose a series of tritopic linkers w ... Full text Cite

Reactivity of Atomic Layer Deposition Precursors with OH/H 2 O-Containing Metal Organic Framework Materials

Journal Article Chemistry of Materials · April 9, 2019 Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of three-dimensional porous architectures that can be chemically functionalized. The ability of atomic layer deposition (ALD) to incorporate metal atoms or functional groups into MOFs offers an interesting altern ... Full text Cite

Biological Antagonism Inspired Detoxification: Removal of Toxic Elements by Porous Polymer Networks.

Journal Article ACS applied materials & interfaces · April 2019 Water contamination by toxic heavy elements is becoming an urgent problem in environmental science and separation technologies. However, the design of sophisticated absorbents with high stability and outstanding removal efficacy for ion coadsorption is sti ... Full text Cite

High stability of ultra-small and isolated gold nanoparticles in metal-organic framework materials

Journal Article Journal of Materials Chemistry A · January 1, 2019 Gold nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit optical, catalytic, and physical properties that are scientifically fascinating and essential for many applications. However, the challenge is to synthesize and disperse ultra-small and highly stable NPs. We demonstrate her ... Full text Cite

Enhanced Separation of Butane Isomers via Defect Control in a Fumarate/Zirconium-Based Metal Organic Framework.

Journal Article Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · December 2018 The discovery of appropriate synthetic reaction conditions for fabricating a stable zirconium-based molecular sieve (Zr-fum-fcu-MOF) with minimal defects and its utilization in the challenging separation of linear paraffins from branched paraffins is repor ... Full text Cite

Recyclable and Reusable Heteroleptic Nickel Catalyst Immobilized on Metal-Organic Framework for Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling.

Journal Article ACS applied materials & interfaces · December 2018 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) provide highly versatile platforms to stabilize molecular catalysts that are not readily accessible under homogeneous conditions, thus enabling access to a new set of catalytic materials. Herein, we describe a recyclable and ... Full text Cite

From fundamentals to applications: a toolbox for robust and multifunctional MOF materials.

Journal Article Chemical Society reviews · December 2018 In recent years, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been regarded as one of the most important classes of materials. The combination of various metal clusters and ligands, arranged in a vast array of geometries has led to an ever-expanding MOF family. Ea ... Full text Cite

Uncovering Two Principles of Multivariate Hierarchical Metal-Organic Framework Synthesis via Retrosynthetic Design.

Journal Article ACS central science · December 2018 Multivariate (MTV) hierarchical metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which contain multiple regions arranged in ordered structures, show promise for applications such as gas separation, size-selective catalysis, and controlled drug delivery. However, the compl ... Full text Cite

Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks: Design, Synthesis, and Applications.

Journal Article Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · September 2018 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an emerging class of porous materials with potential applications in gas storage, separations, catalysis, and chemical sensing. Despite numerous advantages, applications of many MOFs are ultimately limited by their stabi ... Full text Cite

Exposed Equatorial Positions of Metal Centers via Sequential Ligand Elimination and Installation in MOFs.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · August 2018 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) provide highly designable platforms to construct complex coordination architectures for targeted applications. Herein, we demonstrate that trans-coordinated metal centers with exposed equatorial positions can be placed in a ... Full text Cite

Pore‐Environment Engineering with Multiple Metal Sites in Rare‐Earth Porphyrinic Metal–Organic Frameworks

Journal Article Angewandte Chemie · April 23, 2018 AbstractMulti‐component metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with precisely controlled pore environments are highly desired owing to their potential applications in gas adsorption, separation, cooperative catalysis, and biomimet ... Full text Cite

Pore-Environment Engineering with Multiple Metal Sites in Rare-Earth Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Frameworks.

Journal Article Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · April 2018 Multi-component metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with precisely controlled pore environments are highly desired owing to their potential applications in gas adsorption, separation, cooperative catalysis, and biomimetics. A series of multi-component MOFs, na ... Full text Cite

Creating Hierarchical Pores by Controlled Linker Thermolysis in Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks.

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · February 2018 Sufficient pore size, appropriate stability, and hierarchical porosity are three prerequisites for open frameworks designed for drug delivery, enzyme immobilization, and catalysis involving large molecules. Herein, we report a powerful and general strategy ... Full text Cite

Retrosynthesis of multi-component metal-organic frameworks.

Journal Article Nature communications · February 2018 Crystal engineering of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has allowed the construction of complex structures at atomic precision, but has yet to reach the same level of sophistication as organic synthesis. The synthesis of complex MOFs with multiple organic a ... Full text Cite

Construction of hierarchically porous metal-organic frameworks through linker labilization.

Journal Article Nature communications · May 2017 A major goal of metal-organic framework (MOF) research is the expansion of pore size and volume. Although many approaches have been attempted to increase the pore size of MOF materials, it is still a challenge to construct MOFs with precisely customized po ... Full text Cite