title: Reticular synthesis and the design of new materials.
abstract: The long-standing challenge of designing and constructing new crystalline solid-state materials from molecular building blocks is just beginning to be addressed with success. A conceptual approach that requires the use of secondary building units to direct the assembly of ordered frameworks epitomizes this process: we call this approach reticular synthesis. This chemistry has yielded materials designed to have predetermined structures, compositions and properties. In particular, highly porous frameworks held together by strong metal-oxygen-carbon bonds and with exceptionally large surface area and capacity for gas storage have been prepared and their pore metrics systematically varied and functionalized.
authors.affiliation: Materials Design and Discovery Group, Department of Chemistry, 930 N. University Avenue, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA. oyaghi@umich.edu
authors.forename: Omar M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Yaghi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Keeffe
authors.forename: Nathan W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Ockwig
authors.forename: Hee K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eddaoudi
authors.forename: Jaheon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim