Fundamental advances in MOFs

The vast and rapid development of metal–organic framework (MOF) chemistry has produced countless examples of new structures, topologies, and materials. One need look no further than the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to senior figures in the MOF community! Many of these MOFs were designed with an application in mind, but some were designed to further our understanding of reticular chemistry and fundamental synthetic processes. This collection in Materials Advances will focus on research that furthers our fundamental understanding of how MOFs are assembled, including the synthesis of new MOFs, mechanisms of MOF formation, the thorough characterization and impact of structural defects, guest binding, coordination modulation, and new or advanced techniques for characterization of MOFs. In the dissemination of these details, we will drive the development of MOFs with a richer understanding of their synthesis and properties.

We are happy to consider both review articles and primary research work.

Manuscripts should be submitted via our online submission service  and the editorial office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for this themed collection.

The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check the suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances.