Breaking the photoswitch speed limit

GC Thaggard, KC Park, J Lim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The forthcoming generation of materials, including artificial muscles, recyclable and
healable systems, photochromic heterogeneous catalysts, or tailorable supercapacitors …

Mining for Metal–Organic Systems: Chemistry Frontiers of Th-, U-, and Zr-Materials

KC Park, J Lim, GC Thaggard… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The conceptual framework presented in this Perspective overviews the design principles of
innovative thorium-based materials that could address urgent needs of the medicinal …

Beyond the conventional limitation of photocycloaddition reaction in the roomy nanospace of a metal–organic framework

M Nakagawa, S Kusaka, A Kiyose… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Topochemical reactions provide selective products based on the molecular position;
however, they generally require molecules to be placed in strictly limited orientations and …

Assembling a Heterobimetallic Actinide Metal‐Organic Framework by a Reaction‐Induced Preorganization Strategy

S Mei, L Chen, H Zhang, Z Li, L Cheng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Periodically arranging coordination‐distinct actinides into one crystalline architecture is
intriguing but of great synthetic challenge. We report a rare example of a heterobimetallic …

f‐block MOFs: A Pathway to Heterometallic Transuranics

KC Park, P Kittikhunnatham, J Lim… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A novel series of heterometallic f‐block‐frameworks including the first examples of
transuranic heterometallic 238U/239Pu‐metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and a novel …

Incorporating Two Crown Ether Struts into the Backbone of Robust Zirconium‐Based Metal–Organic Frameworks as Custom‐Designed Efficient Collectors for …

L Li, K Kang, TS Chee, Z Tian, Q Sun… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The incorporation of crown ether into metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) is garnered
significant attention because these macrocyclic units can fine‐tune the inherent properties of …

Synthetic Control of Thorium Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Sequencing and Sensing of Radioiodine Species

Y Ju, ZJ Li, X Wang, J Qiu, Y Chan… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary Exploring the physiochemical properties and expanding the
applications of actinide‐containing materials is paramount to address the escalating …

Friends or Foes: Fundamental Principles of Th-Organic Scaffold Chemistry Using Zr-Analogs as a Guide

J Lim, KC Park, GC Thaggard, Y Liu… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The fundamental interest in actinide chemistry, particularly for the development of thorium-
based materials, is experiencing a renaissance owing to the recent and rapidly growing …

Amorphous porous Fe-BTC prepared via the post-synthetic metal-ion metathesis of HKUST-1

A Byun, D Moon, B Lee, J Park - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
“Defect engineering”, in which defects are intentionally introduced into metal–organic
frameworks (MOFs) with the aim of functionalizing pores and modifying their size …

Phosphorylated litchi shell-derived biochar for removal U (VI) from mining wastewater

Z Xia, CR Zhang, XJ Chen, YJ Cai, SM Yi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is of great significance to develop low-cost and green biochar as uranium adsorption
material. Herein, porous pristine biochar (LZ-C) with a high degree of carbonization …