Work by the ICN2 Supramolecular NanoChemistry and Materials Group to widen the pores in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has been featured in the American Chemical Society's Chemical & Engineering News magazine.
The paper "Postsynthetic Ligand Cleavage by Solid-Gas Phase Ozonolysis Fuses Micropores into Mesopores in Metal-Organic Frameworks" was published on 13 October 2018 in the Journal of the Americal Chemical Society. The related C&EN feature article by Neil Savage outlines the relevance and ingenuity of this research to boost the applicability of MOFs in catalysis, chemical sensing and drug delivery. Indeed, Prof. Omar M. Yaghi of the University of California, Berkeley, has called the work "elegant, clever, and a testament to the increasing utility of reticular chemistry" - the field responsible for MOFs.
Both lead author, Dr Vincent Guillerm, and leader of the ICN2 Supramolecular NanoChemistry and Materials Group, ICREA Prof. Daniel Maspoch, are quoted in this review.
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Article reference:
V. Guillerm, H. Xu, J. Albalad, I. Imaz, and D. Maspoch. Postsynthetic Selective Ligand Cleavage by Solid-Gas Phase Ozonolysis Fuses Micropores into Mesopores in Metal-Organic Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09682