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Structure prediction

Encoding evolution of porous solids

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The design and prediction of network topology is challenging, even when the components' principle interactions are strong. Now, frameworks with relatively weak 'chiral recognition' between organic building blocks have been synthesized and rationalized in silico — an important development in the reticular synthesis of molecular crystals.

Porous crystalline solids have fascinated researchers and driven the creativity of chemists, physicists and materials scientists alike for many decades. These materials are found in a wide variety of chemical and structural manifestations, ranging from crystalline aluminosilicate zeolites to amorphous carbons. They are also used in a remarkable range of important applications such as gas storage, separation processes, catalysis and drug delivery — thus, they are the focus of considerable attention from both academia and industry.

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Figure 1: Illustrative models of crystal structures amongst key families of porous solids.
Figure 2: Porous solids assembled from linear and tetrahedral tectons.

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  1. Caroline Mellot-Draznieks is at Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France,

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  2. Anthony K. Cheetham is in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK,

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  3. A.K.C. is also in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, National University of Singapore, 11757 Singapore,

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Mellot-Draznieks, C., Cheetham, A. Encoding evolution of porous solids. Nature Chem 9, 6–8 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2700

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