Using individual molecules as conducting bridges for electrons offers opportunities when
investigating quantum phenomena that are not readily accessible from experiments …

Molecular machines are essential dynamic components for fuel production, cargo delivery,
information storage and processing in living systems. Scientists have demonstrated that they …

Water adsorption in porous materials is important for many applications such as
dehumidification, thermal batteries, and delivery of drinking water in remote areas. In this …

What particular mechanical properties can be expected for materials composed of
interlocked backbones has been a long-standing issue in materials science since the first …

While crystalline covalent organic frameworks (COFs) linked by C–C bonds are highly
desired in synthetic chemistry, it remains a formidable challenge to synthesize. Efforts to …

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), formed by reversible condensation of rigid organic
building blocks, are crystalline and porous materials of great potential for catalysis and …

The synthesis of new isoreticular non-interpenetrated woven covalent organic frameworks
(COFs) was achieved by linking aldehyde-functionalized copper (I) bisphenanthroline …

Mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) have great potential in the development of
molecular machinery due to their intercomponent dynamics. The incorporation of these …

Porous crystalline frameworks including zeolites, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs),
covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) …

We present the synthesis and characterization of porous interpenetrated zirconium–organic
frameworks (PIZOFs), a new family of metal–organic frameworks obtained from ZrCl4 and …