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Glass formation in Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) has garnered significant attention in the field of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in recent years. Numerous works have been conducted to investigate the microscopic mechanisms…
Theoretical studies on the experimental feasibility of hypothetical Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIF) have focused so far on relative energy of various polymorphs, by energy minimization at the quantum chemical level. We present here a…
New metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are periodically synthesized all over the world due to the wide range of societally and environmentally relevant applications they possess. However, the mechanisms and thermodynamics associated to MOF…
Amorphous metal-organic frameworks are an important emerging materials class that combine the attractive physical properties of the amorphous state with the versatility of metal-organic framework (MOF) chemistry. The structures of amorphous…
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous materials formed by interconnected metal atoms via organic linkers, resulting in high surface area and tuneable porosity, making them exceptional candidates for CO2 capture. However, their…
Zn(imidazolate)$_2$ metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) exhibit a remarkable degree of polymorphism. Because of their promising industrial applications, many research groups have investigated phase transitions, phase diagram and relative…
Hybrid glasses connect emerging fields of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with the glass-formation, amorphization, and melting processes of these structurally diverse and chemically versatile systems. Most zeolites, including MOFs,…
We show that ZIF-4, a metal-organic framework (MOF) with a zeolitic structure, undergoes a crystal--amorphous transition on heating to 300 $^\circ$C. The amorphous form, which we term a-ZIF, is recoverable to ambient conditions or may be…
The synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in a monolithic morphology is a promising way to achieve the transition of this class of materials from academia to industrial applications. The sol-gel process has been widely employed to…
Metal--organic frameworks (MOFs) are a family of chemically diverse materials, with applications in a wide range of fields covering engineering, physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. Research so far has focused almost entirely on…
The zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF) have emerged as a promising candidate for catalysis, carbon-dioxide (CO$_{2}$) capture and storage as well as flue gas separation due to their tunable porosity and chemical stability. ZIFs consists…
Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) are a family of metal--organic frameworks that feature metal centers tetrahedrally linked to imidazole-based ligands and adopt zeolite-like topologies. ZIFs formed by Zinc cations and imidazolate…
The zeolitic imidazole framework ZIF-71 has the potential to outperform other well-studied metal-organic frameworks due to its intrinsic hydrophobicity and large pore size. However, a detailed description of its complex physical phenomena…
We have theoretically investigated the elastic properties of three topologically identical zeolitic imidazolate frameworks: ZIF-4, ZIF-62 and TIF-4, by means of ab initio calculations. The ZIFs are a subset of metal organic frameworks…
We investigate the microscopic mechanism of the thermally induced ambient pressure ordered-disordered phase transitions of two zeolitic imidazolate frameworks of formula Zn(C$_3$H$_3$N$_2$)$_2$: a porous (ZIF-4) and a dense, non-porous…
Magnetic metal-organic frameworks (MMOFs), where magnetic metal nodes are connected into a crystal structure by organic linkers, have a potential to host exotic magnetic states. We present a study of bulk magnetic properties of four…
Thermal transport in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is of practical interest in diverse applications such as gas storage and separations, since insufficient heat dissipation can lead to detrimental effects. Despite investigations,…
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) combine high porosity with structural fragility, raising important questions about their mechanical stability. We develop a rigidity-based framework in which spring networks parameterized by UFF4MOF are used…
Designing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) synthesis protocols is currently largely driven by trial-and-error, since we lack fundamental understanding of the molecular level mechanisms that underlie their self-assembly processes. Previous…
We explore the use of characteristic temperatures derived from molecular dynamics to predict aspects of metallic Glass Forming Ability (GFA). Temperatures derived from cooling curves of self-diffusion, viscosity, and energy were used as…