The Chemical Physics of Open Framework Materials
This Special Topic of Chemical Physics Reviews will highlight advances in the chemical physics of open framework materials, emphasizing how the organization of molecular and inorganic building blocks within porous, periodic structures governs their electronic, optical, magnetic, transport, mechanical, and chemical properties. Contributions spanning experiment and theory are invited to uncover fundamental mechanisms and establish design principles for controlling framework behavior and reactivity.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
- Electronic Structure, Charge Transport, and Conductivity
- Energy and Charge Transfer, Exciton Dynamics, and Photophysical Processes
- Molecular, Ionic, and Proton Transport
- Host-Guest Interactions, Adsorption, Diffusion, and Molecular Recognition
- Catalysis, Photocatalysis, and Electrocatalysis
- Confined Reaction Dynamics and Mechanisms
- Framework Flexibility, Defects, Disorder, and Phase Transitions
- Cooperative Phenomena, Magnetism, and Correlated Behavior
- Interfaces, Thin Films, Heterostructures, and Devices
- Advanced Spectroscopic and Characterization Methods
- Computational, Theoretical, and Machine Learning Approaches
- Design and Synthesis of Novel Frameworks
- Applications in Energy Storage, Separations, and Sensing
Contributions that link fundamental chemical physics to the rational design of next-generation functional framework materials are particularly encouraged.
Guest Editors
Chung-Wei, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
Rocio Semino, Sorbonne University
Jier Huang, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society and Department of Chemistry, Boston College