metal-organic-frameworks

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 04 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02115-8 The properties of metal–organic framework glasses can be modulated by additives, but understanding how they modify the glass network is challenging. Now, alkali-modifier sites in MOF glasses have been identified, and the impact of both modifier content and identity on the processing temperatures and hierarchical poros…

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have become a recurring phenomenon in modern materials science. Every few years they re-enter the spotlight: first as the revolution for hydrogen storage, then as the future of CO₂ capture, then as the next big thing in catalysis, sensing, or drug delivery. And now once again, MOFs are appearing in discussions about the recent Nobel Prize. A recent paper by Abánade…

Metal–organic cages/polyhedra (MOCs) are versatile building blocks for advanced polymer networks with properties that synergistically blend those of traditional polymers and crystalline frameworks. Nevertheless, constructing polyMOCs from very stable Pt(II)-based MOCs or mixtures of metal ions such as Pd(II) and Pt(II) has not, to our knowledge, been demonstrated, nor has exploration of how the d…