The host–guest properties of metal–organic frameworks have usually relied on molecular separation by the pore aperture or non-specific binding with the pore walls. Incorporating supramolecular recognition units into the frameworks has now enabled the docking of a specific guest.
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Kim, K. Entering the recognition domain. Nature Chem 1, 603–604 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.419
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