Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines

2012/01/01 by Stuart R. Batten, Neil R. Champness, Xiao‐Ming Chen +6 · 1 voice · 4 citations
Chemistry · #Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications #Crystal structures of chemical compounds #Crystallography and molecular interactions

paper · doi:10.1039/c2ce06488j

Abstract

Coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are among the most prolific research areas of inorganic chemistry and crystal engineering in the last 15 years, and yet it still seems that consensus is lacking about what they really are, or are not.

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