All MOFs articles – Page 4
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World's first commercial MOF keeps fruit fresh
Packaging releases plant growth regulator that slows down ripening
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Oxidants help prime explosive MOFs
Small oxidising molecules ignite potential of coordination polymers as a primary explosive
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Explosive intermediates muzzled by crystalline sponge
Ozonide structures determined safely with room to adapt the technique to other unstable compounds
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Naturally occurring MOFs found in coal mine minerals
Rare minerals overturn conventional wisdom that metal–organic frameworks are only found in the lab
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Transition metal material captures inert neon
First interaction between neon and a transition metal could lead to selective gas capture
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Fluorescent MOF gets billion-fold boost in conductivity
Filling framework with a conductive polymer paves the way for electronic applications
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MOF in a bottle
Waste plastic bottles become a source for porous metal–organic framework synthesis
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Gas trap could drive down cost of key commodity chemical
Material can separate contaminant from the world’s biggest organic chemical feedstuff – ethylene – and cut its carbon footprint
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Disciplines unite to strengthen MOFs
Mechanical engineering sheds light on rigidity of porous frameworks
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First permanently porous liquid created
Clever trick enables the design of a new class of material with interesting properties
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Coating can drive down white LED light prices
Luminescent metal–organic framework films may supplant expensive, rare earth-based LED coatings
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MOF blends oxidiser with fuel for a precise bang
Safe and simple scaffold gives consistent explosive mix
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ZIF-8 disrupts ionic liquid deep freeze
Unusual ionic conducting framework retains conductivity at −20°C to open up a promising class of electrolytes
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MOF catalyst capable of disabling chemical weapons
Zirconium-based framework breaks down nerve agent mimic within 30 seconds
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Molecular shuttle slides into the solid state
Rotaxane ‘switch’ has been successfully wedded to a metal–organic framework
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Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework
Hybrid metal–organic frameworks could be engineered with a whole set of new properties
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Defective by design
Structural disorder brings out desirable but counterintuitive phenomenon in metal–organic framework
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The Goldilocks of heterogeneous catalysis
Dangling thiols anchor palladium within MOF without poisoning its catalytic activity