title: Metal-organic frameworks: the pressure is on.
abstract: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) demonstrate a wide variety of behavior in their response to pressure, including anomalous mechanical properties, negative linear compressibility, pressure-induced crystal-to-crystal and crystal-to-amorphous structural transitions. The discovery of framework materials combining novel pressure responses and high mechanical stability is key in the quest for applications of MOFs at the industrial level.
authors.affiliation: PSL Research University, Chimie ParisTech - CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, Paris, France.
authors.forename: François Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Coudert
keywords: high-pressure crystallography; metal–organic frameworks; nanoporous materials