15:30-16:15

Recent Advances in Inorganic-Organic Framework Materials

The study of porous Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) is one of the most fashionable areas of materials science. The Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) are a particularly interesting sub-class of MOFs on account of their close structural relationship to aluminosilicate zeolites. I shall discuss our recent work on ZIFs, including novel synthetic routes, energetics, mechanical properties, their behavior under pressure, and amorphization. I shall also describe some of our on-going work on dense frameworks, including their electronic and magnetic properties, as well as their nanostructures.

Speaker

Prof. Anthony Cheetham, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK

Chair

Dr. Yoshio Bando, MANA Chief Operating Officer, NIMS