Themed collection 2024 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship runners-up: Maxx Arguilla and Phillip Milner

New pathways for carbon capture and sequestration are needed to tackle the challenge of rising anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions.

As natural gas supplies a growing share of global primary energy, new research efforts are needed to develop adsorbents for carbon capture from gas-fired power plants alongside efforts targeting emissions from coal-fired plants.

Nanotube encapsulation enables the isolation of optoelectronically active few- to single-chains of Sb₂S₃ while interfacial interaction dictates the formation of either crystalline or amorphous phases.

A hydrophobic metal–organic framework displays some of the largest selectivities known for adsorption of the fluorinated greenhouse gases CF₄ and CHF₃ over N₂.

Nanoparticle-directed growth of Bi₄I₄, a quasi-1D vdW crystal, into dimensionally-resolved nanosheets and nanowires.

Organic electrode materials offer unique opportunities to utilize ion-electrode interactions to develop diverse, versatile, and high-performing secondary batteries, particularly for applications requiring high power densities.

Metal–organic frameworks enable the delivery of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), an endogenous gasotransmitter with potential therapeutic value for treating disorders such as ischemia-reperfusion injury.

An in-depth investigation of the CO₂ adsorption kinetics of a promising class of cooperative carbon capture materials offers new insight into their structure-performance properties.

Several MOFs are evaluated as adsorbents of anthropogenic N₂O emissions, the third most abundant greenhouse gas, through complimentary experimental and DFT analysis. N₂O activation in M₂(dobdc) MOFs is also studied.

Porous organic polymers are prepared via cyclotrimerization reactions mediated by zinc bromide under solvent-free conditions.

Mechanochemical and solvothermal routes to the metal–organic framework Mg₂(m-dobdc) bearing coordinatively unsaturated Mg(II) sites are presented. The mechanochemical synthesis produces porous material exhibiting higher carbon dioxide uptake.

The controlled introduction of defects into MOFs is a powerful strategy to induce new physiochemical properties and improve their performance for target applications.

We describe the mechanochemical, solvent-free synthesis of metal–organic frameworks using liquid organic base for the first time.