Geometry Mismatch and Reticular Chemistry : Strategies to Assemble Metal-Organic Frameworks with Non-default Topologies
Guillerm, Vincent (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Maspoch Comamala, Daniel (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)

Date:	2019
Abstract:	The past 20 years have witnessed tremendous advances in the field of porous materials, including the development of novel metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that show great potential for practical applications aimed at addressing global environmental and industrial challenges. A critical tool enabling this progress has been reticular chemistry, through which researchers can design materials that exhibit highly regular (i. e. , edge-transitive) topologies, based on the assembly of geometrically matched building blocks into specific nets. However, innovation sometimes demands that researchers steer away from default topologies to instead pursue unusual geometries. In this Perspective, we cover this aspect and introduce the concept of geometry mismatch, in which seemingly incompatible building blocks are combined to generate non-default structures. We describe diverse MOF assemblies built through geometry mismatch generated by use of ligand bend angles, twisted functional groups, zigzag ligands and other elements, focusing on carboxylate-based MOFs combined with common inorganic clusters. We aim to provide a fresh perspective on rational design of MOFs and to help readers understand the countless options now available to achieve greater structural complexity in MOFs.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad RTI2018-095622-B-I00 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-238 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SEV-2017-0706
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Building blockes ; Can design ; Industrial challenges ; Inorganic clusters ; Metal organic framework ; Metalorganic frameworks (MOFs) ; Rational design ; Structural complexity
Published in:	Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 141, Issue 42 (October 2019) , p. 16517-16538, ISSN 1520-5126

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08754
PMID: 31560855

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