title: Open-Framework Inorganic Materials.
abstract: Aluminosilicate zeolites such as UTD-1 (structure shown) belong to a family of nanoporous inorganic materials that find utility in catalysis, separation, and ion exchange. During the last decade, the rate of discovery of new open-framework materials based, for example, on phosphates, sulfides, halides, nitrides, and coordination compounds has increased dramatically. The synthesis, structures, and properties of this remarkable class of materials are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Institut Lavoisier, Université de Versailles St. Quentin, 45 Avenue des Etats Unis, F-78035 Versailles Cedex (France).
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cheetham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Férey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Loiseau