Conspectus The design and synthesis of permanently porous materials with extended cage
structures is a long-standing challenge in chemistry. In this Account, we highlight the unique …

Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) consist of transition metal ions (Zinc or Cobalt) and
imidazolate (Im) linkers in tetrahedral coordination surrounded by nitrogen atoms from the …

The crystal growth of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) on biopolymers such as
cellulose is a promising method for obtaining hybrid materials that combinenatural and …

A critical bottleneck for the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel has been the
development of materials capable of storing it in a sufficiently compact form at ambient …

Downsizing metal–organic framework (MOF) crystals into the nanoregime offers a promising
approach to further benefit from their inherent versatile pore structures and surface reactivity …

Air pollution could harm humans and pose a lifelong threat to the health of every individual.
The detection of these pollutants has a significant impact on the lives of tens of thousands of …

Abstract Development of effective, stable, and economic electrocatalysts is critical for further
implementation of fuel cells, water electrolysis, and metal–air batteries in clean energy …

Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) represent a new and special class of metal organic
frameworks comprised of imidazolate linkers and metal ions, with structures similar to …

A zeolitic imidazolate framework, ZIF-8, was prepared via a variety of synthesis routes:
solvothermal, microwave-assisted, sonochemical, mechanochemical, dry-gel, and …

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have advanced several applications, including energy,
biomedical and environmental remediation. However, most of the reported MOF materials …