Individual crystals of synthetic zhemchuzhnikovite, prepared by Igor Huski?, McGill University. Credit: Igor Huski?, Friš?i? Research Group, McGill University
A surprising discovery reveals that MOFs also exist in nature – albeit in the form of rare minerals found so far only in Siberian coal mines. Metal-organic frameworks are human-made materials introduced in the 1990s, and researchers are working on ways to use them as molecular sponges for applications such as H storage, C sequestration, or photovoltaics.
The finding “completely changes the normal view of these highly popular materials as solely artificial, ‘designer’ solids,” says Tomislav Friščić, an associate professor of chemistry at McGill University in Montreal...
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