In the past two decades, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) or porous coordination polymers
(PCPs) assembled from metal ions or clusters and organic linkers via metal–ligand …

Conspectus Zeolites, accompanied by their initial discovery as natural mines and the
subsequent large-scale commercial production, have played indispensable roles in various …

Two-dimensional transition-metal carbides and nitrides, known as MXenes, have garnered
increasing attention for nearly a decade by virtue of their versatile composition and structure …

The versatile property suite of two-dimensional MXenes is driving interest in various
applications, including energy storage, electromagnetic shielding, and conductive coatings …

IUPAC defines Lewis acidity as the thermodynamic tendency for Lewis pair formation. This
strength property was recently specified as global Lewis acidity (gLA), and is gauged for …

In this review, metal–organic frameworks functionalized with nitro groups (MOF-NO 2 s)
were analyzed, for the first time, in terms of their preparation and applications. MOF-NO 2 s …

Furfural is a promising renewable platform compound derived from lignocellulosic biomass
that can be further converted to biofuels and biochemicals. The highly functionalized …

Phenalenyl, a zigzag-edged odd alternant hydrocarbon unit can be found in the graphene
nanosheet. Hückel molecular orbital calculations indicate the presence of a nonbonding …

The chemical industry relies on catalytic processes, which involve mainly heterogeneous
catalysts because they offer many advantages over their homogeneous counterparts such …

A heterogeneous catalyst is a functional material that continually creates active sites with its
reactants under reaction conditions. These sites change the rates of chemical reactions of …