Evolution of Form in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Structural control in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is an important issue because a subtle change can make big differences in properties. For the past two decades, MOF chemists have developed a wide range of synthetic strategies for MOFs and related porous materials, to control crystal structures of MOFs. In this presentation, we show a new synthetic approach to control both interior and exterior of MOF materials. We expect that the resulting MOFs, such as hollow, double-hollow , and core-shell types, together with triangular patterned ones, will be useful in many applications including heterogeneous tandem catalysis and metamaterials