CoachA metal–organic framework (MOF) is a crystalline solid built from metal ions or clusters joined by polytopic organic linkers into a porous network. A secondary building unit is the metal cluster with its coordinating groups, treated as one node of the net; reticular synthesis is the design of a framework by choosing nodes and linkers of given geometry so that they assemble into a chosen net.
Chemistry · Glossary
What is Metal–organic frameworks?
Also known as: metal--organic framework · secondary building unit · reticular synthesis