Mike Zaworotko group

@HolmanChemistry Likewise saddened + shocked to hear of Rob's passing. First met Rob in Canada 15+ years ago + multiple times since including the Crystal Engineering GRC in 2018.

I was so very sad yesterday to receive the surprising news about the passing of Rob Schurko. From my interview at the University of Windsor way back in 2001 to my latest interaction with him at the 2025 ICCOSS in Mexico, his visit to Georgetown in 2018, and the dozen+ meetings...

What are MOFs and related materials good for? Hydrocarbon separations is one answer as detailed in an in-depth review by @ZGroupUL in Adv Materials: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad… In short: - The field has come an awfully long way since the 2000s - It is complicated

D-Day 2026 in Limerick = January 28th The first @zgroupUL daffodil is now in bloom. Seems early but this reverses the trend: D-Day 2025 = Jan 14 D-Day 2024 = Jan 23 D-Day 2023 = Feb 4 D-Day 2022 = Feb 3

@NobelPrize The @ZGroupUL team is delighted + inspired + congratulates our friends. Ties go back to the earliest days of MOFs and continue today. Shown below: - ICMAT (2003 Singapore, Susumu + Richard + a few well-known faces) - NATO-ARW (1995 Colorado, Tony Coleman + a very young Omar).

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

Better, greener tandem catalysis enabled by "COFcap-2" @zgroupUL + Profs ZZ, Yao of nankai.edu.cn report in @naturecomms: doi.org/10.1038/s41467… Homochiral amines inc. R-sitagliptin + 3 drug product intermediates use N2 as NH3 source If general, stay tuned for more

Flexible sorbents of all types (molecular + 1D + network) are😎 to study + can have 🌶️properties. @zgroupUL members @KKoupepidou + @sbnbkv have just published a feature article on functional flexible sorbents in @ChemComm: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art… That is 2 papers in <24 h for KK!

Transient porosity in a closed pore solid reported by @zgroupul + @MukherjeeChem in @angew_chem: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an… Congrats @KKoupepidou for never giving up on this sorbent + @Barbour_Group @MACATAMO_Group who provided insight into sorption mechanism (angular linker = 😀)

D-Day 2025 in Limerick = January 14th The first @zgroupUL daffodil is now in bloom. If this seems a little early, it is. For the record: D-Day 2024 = Jan 23 D-Day 2023 = Feb 4 D-Day 2022 = Feb 3

1D coordination polymer + H-bonds + pi stacking = MOF as reported in @J_A_C_S by @zgroupUL and @brianbspace: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… Congrats to @alan_eaby + co-authors for revealing how this understudied but potentially vast family of materials can serve as H2O and CO2 sorbents.

Sam's SAM has unusual water vapor sorption properties + strange guest-induced structural transformations. Read in @ACSMatLett: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Congrats to all @zgroupUL and @MACATAMO_Group authors on 2025 paper #1, especially @SamM_Shabangu for his first 1st author paper.

A new linker ligand + 3 coordination polymers reported by @ZGroupUL in @CGD_ACS @jjvittal special issue: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Published on Xmas day = cool Made by mechanochem or slurry = green 1st author an undergrad = priceless Congrats to Maria🇮🇪 + @sbnbkv🇰🇬 + @alan_eaby🇿🇦

They might be checking out, but they will never really leave. @zgroupul says bon voyage to @KKoupepidou +@XiaLi_Lisa who soon depart for 🇯🇵 +🇨🇳 for the next chapter. Both are great researchers and consummate team players which augurs well for their futures.

@fxcoudert @CUP1953 @NatureChemistry @BernalNews @ChemicalSciUL Ur correct FX (or should we call u StFX). The wrong cif was submitted. It will be corrected.

We 😍 ultramicroporous materials. A lot. @ZGroupUL delighted to report with YL Peng of @CUP1953 in @NatureChemistry on sieving of C3 gases by a hybrid azolate framework, HAF-1, that has just the right pore size: rdcu.be/d0h3p Doing different things feels pretty good.

🇨🇳 2024 visit by @zgroupul just over with lecture at China University of Petroleum, Beijing campus. Thanks YunLei Peng for being a great host. 2 weeks of literal blue skies + beyond blue sky research in Lanzhou, Xi'an, Beijing and Tianjin. Looking forward to 1 or 2 2025 visits.

Crystal engineering has come a long way both geographically and scientifically. The first CELTIC China meeting was held on 11/03 in historic, beautiful Xi"an. Past + present @ZGroupUL members joined by Chen Xiao-Ming + family to enjoy great people + porous materials chemistry.

Travel in 2024 concludes with 🇨🇳 starting in Lanzhou. @ZGroupUL and @MukherjeeChem present lectures @iLZU1909. Wang Wei and Chen Shoushun are thanked for being such great hosts. Looking forward to future engagements. Off we go now to Xi'an for the first CELTIC in 🇨🇳 meeting.

Two days of sunshine, porous materials and people chemistry. A great way to spend a weekend - the 3rd Texas Pore Engineering Conference hosted by @MiljanicGroup + @UH_RimerGroup at @UHouston. Kicked off by @GroupZhou (20th Oct), closing shortly with a presentation by @zgroupUL.

@brianbspace @NCStateSciences @NCStateChem @UL Well done Meagan! It is a long way from Gort to Raleigh. Good luck on the next journey.

CALF-20 strikes yet again - this time as a sieve for n-butene/iso-butene. Now out in @ACSMatLett: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… @zgroupul is delighted to continue its partnership on design and properties of narrow pore sorbents with Yun Lei Peng group from @CUP1953