A New Year and 35 Years of Chemistry of Materials

Expanding the Reticular Chemistry Building Block Library toward Highly Connected Nets: Ultraporous MOFs Based on 18-Connected Ternary, Trigonal Prismatic Superpolyhedra

“…For the topological analysis using the software ToposPro, 42 the geometric representation of crystallographically distinct components (metal clusters and linkers), highlighted with different colors, is shown in Figure 1a. These geometric building blocks were simplified to the corresponding nodes and, in particular, the 6-c Fe 3 O(CO 2 ) 6 -a and Fe 3 O(CO 2 ) 6 -b clusters to 6-c trigonal prismatic nodes, the 4-c PBPTA-a and 4-c PBPTA-b linkers to 4-c rectangular nodes, and the 3-c PTB ligand to a 3-c trigonal node, resulting to the unique five nodal (3,4,4,6,6)-c tbb net (Figure S20). Alternatively, if the 4-c linkers are considered as interconnected 3-c trigonal building units, a derived six-nodal (3,3,3,3,6,6)-c tft net is obtained (Figure S21).…”

35 Voices from Chemistry of Materials Highlights the Multigenerational Nature of Research Teams

“…Researchers focused on electronic materials, thin film development, and precision patterning publish regularly in the journal, with ongoing discussions about the semiconductor industry in our editorial pages and the 35 Voices initiative. 5,6 This discussion continues here with Xinwei Wang (XW, Figure 5 ALD processes and their applications for energy and microelectronic devices.…”

“…■ SELINA AMA SAAH Finally, this collection of 35 Voices concludes with an interview with Selina Ama Saah (SAS, Figure 6), whom I learned about during my summer participation with the NSF-sponsored Joint Undertaking for an African Materials Institute (JUAMI). 8 There, students talked about Selina's advocacy for women in science and nanoscience research. CM: Some of this research appeared with Chemistry of Materials.…”

Design, synthesis and characterization of hierarchical porous stacked thin films based on MOFs and ordered mesoporous oxides

“…Since the appearance of pioneering studies reporting their interesting adsorption properties, 21,22 MOFs have raised an ever-increasing interest due to a myriad of possible applications in diverse elds such as separation, catalysis, sensing, energy, or drug delivery, just to mention some of the most relevant examples. [23][24][25][26][27][28][29]77 The potential of MOFs as building blocks for optical sensors and PCs has not gone unnoticed. 30 Following the seminal contribution by Hupp et al of a Fabry-Pèrot MOF-based vapour sensor, 31 research efforts along this line have increased substantially; interesting reports include direct nanoparticle self-assembly for RI contrast, [32][33][34][35] and lling or imprinting strategies for the nanofabrication of patterned surfaces acting as 2D-PCs.…”