Print Email Facebook Twitter Fascinating chemistry or frustrating unpredictability: Observations in crystal engineering of metal–organic frameworks Title Fascinating chemistry or frustrating unpredictability: Observations in crystal engineering of metal–organic frameworks Author Goesten, M.G. Kapteijn, F. Gascon, J. Faculty Applied Sciences Department Chemical Engineering Date 2013-09-18 Abstract Reticular design is a highly attractive concept, but coordination chemistry around the tectonic units of metal– organic frameworks (MOFs) and additional interplay with anionic and solvent species provide for dazzling complexity that effectively rules out structure prediction. We can however study the chemistry around pre-existing clusters, and assemble novel materials correspondingly, using a priori information about the connectivity of an investigated metal cluster. Studies, often spectroscopic of nature, have in recent years solved many puzzles in MOF crystallization. The obtained knowledge opens new doors in crystal engineering, but more research on MOF coordination chemistry has to be carried out. Subject Gold for GoldOpen Access To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:555501f2-a7cf-4cc2-8fbc-b8bc075073ce DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CE41241E Publisher RSC Publishing ISSN 1466-8033 Source CrystEngComm, 2013,15 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2013 RSC Files PDF c3ce41241e.pdf 1.9 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:555501f2-a7cf-4cc2-8fbc-b8bc075073ce/datastream/OBJ/view