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Metal-Organic Framework Materials

ISBN: 978-1-119-95289-3

November 2014

592 pages

Description

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline compounds consisting of rigid organic molecules held together and organized by metal ions or clusters. Special interests in these materials arise from the fact that many are highly porous and can be used for storage of small molecules, for example H2 or CO2. Consequently, the materials are ideal candidates for a wide range of applications including gas storage, separation technologies and catalysis.  Potential applications include the storage of hydrogen for fuel-cell cars, and the removal and storage of carbon dioxide in sustainable technical processes. MOFs offer the inorganic chemist and materials scientist a wide range of new synthetic possibilities and open the doors to new and exciting basic research. 

Metal-Organic Frameworks Materials provides a solid basis for the understanding of MOFs and insights into new inorganic materials structures and properties. The volume also reflects progress that has been made in recent years, presenting a wide range of new applications including state-of-the art developments in the promising technology for alternative fuels. The comprehensive volume investigates structures, symmetry, supramolecular chemistry, surface engineering, recognition, properties, and reactions. 

The content from this book will be added online to the Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry: http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/ref/eibc

About the Author

Leonard R. MacGillivray is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Iowa. His research focuses on processes of molecular self-assembly, particularly its application to organic synthesis. In 2002, he was awarded a 2002 National Science Foundation CAREER Award and a Research Corporation Research Innovation Award. In 2004, he received the Young Investigator Award of the Inter-American Photochemical Society and the Etter Early Career Award of the American Crystallographic Association. Dr. MacGillivray was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2006 and received a 2007 Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society. He has published 140 manuscripts and sits on six editorial boards.

Charles M. Lukehart, Professor, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee is Section Editor for Organometallic Chemistry and Solid State, Materials, Nanomaterials and Catalysis in King: Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edition.

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