UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Center for Reticular Chemistry California NanoSystems Institute

Metal Organic Frameworks



Design of framework structures in which metal oxides clusters act as 'joints' and the organic linkers as 'struts' to produce highly porous crystals (ca. 4,800 m2/g) with the lowest density ever recorded for a crystalline material. These remarkable properties are found to be useful in gas storage, in particular hydrogen and methane storage for fueling automobiles, laptops, cellular phones and other mobile electronics. At present some MOFs are being prepared inexpensively in kilogram quantities.

Recent Leading Publications:
A route to high surface area, porosity and inclusion of large molecules in crystals, H. Chae, D. Y. Siberio-Perez, J. Kim, Y. Go, M. Eddaoudi, A. Matzger, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Nature, 2004, 427, 523.

Reticular synthesis and the design of new materials, O. M. Yaghi, M. O'Keeffe, N. Ockwig, H. K. Chae, M. Eddaoudi, J. Kim, Nature, 2003, 423, 705.

Systematic design of pore size and functionality in metal-organic frameworks and application in methane storage, M. Eddaoudi, J. Kim, N. Rosi, D. Vodak, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Science, 2002, 295, 469

Modular chemistry: secondary building units as a basis for the design of highly porous and robust metal-organic carboxylate frameworks, M. Eddaoudi, D. Moler, H. Li, T. M. Reineke, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Acc. Chem. Res. 2001, 34, p. 319.

Interwoven metal-organic framework on a periodic minimal surface with extra-large pores, B. L. Chen, M. Eddaoudi, S. T. Hyde, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Science, 2001, 291, 1021.

Design and synthesis of an exceptionally stable and highly porous metal-organic framework, H. Li, M. Eddaoudi, M. O'Keeffe, O. M. Yaghi, Nature, 1999, 402, 276.
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