ChemiSTEAM 2020: Metal–Organic Rose

摘要

There is beauty all around – these are five words that resonate within our daily lives, even though at times we need to delve a little deeper to find it. Currently a Master’s student in Chemistry at Concordia University, I enjoy discovering new boundaries for metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and learning on a daily basis. My interest in the field of MOFs began during my time as an undergraduate student where I was a research assistant in the Howarth research group. Since then I have been working towards a career in this field. MOFs, comprised of organic and inorganic building blocks, are fascinating porous and often crystalline materials with a large range of possible combinations (metals and organic linkers), structural diversity (size, structure, and topology), and chemical properties that can be tailored for a given application of interest.