The MOFcast

In this episode we catch up with Chung-Wei Kung to talk about how a Petri dish introduced a new type of MOFs that are well-known today.

Check out the recent work by Chung-Wei's group where collaboration was the key factor in the project's sucess:

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c06826

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In this episode we catch up with Francoise Mystere Amombo Noa to talk about her scientific journey. How a meeting with "a professors" introduced her to the field of MOFs.

You can read more about Francoise's work here:

• Hexagon-based metal–organic frameworks in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) in 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02984
• Chiral lanthanum-based metal–organic framework that exhibits gated CO₂ adsorption and concerted framework flexibility. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c02351
• Sustainable MOF synthesis using enzymatically recycled PET plastics. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c05222
• MOFs for environmental and antibacterial applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202505976
• high-porosity and multifunctional MOFs, including materials that combine exceptional porosity with photocatalytic activity. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ta01278g

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In this episode we catch up with Valentina Colombo to discuss her scientific journey and to get some insights in the two major MOF events she is organising next year, EUROMOF2027 and the MOF School.

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In this episode we catch up with Sven Rogge to discuss his scientific journey and how calculations can compliment experimental data. Most importantly however, computational chemists don't bite!

You can read more about Sven's work here:

https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(23)00069-3 (example of strain engineering) 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-021-00977-6 (mentioned in the podcast around 16:00) 

https://chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26434/chemrxiv.15005209/v1 (follow-up of the above, mentioned around 19:45) 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smll.202508046 (mentioned in the podcast around 20:35) 

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aax3878 (second example of strain engineering) 

https://pubs.acs.org/jacsat/article/147/27/23367/3737670/Artificial-Intelligence-Paradigms-for-Next 

https://pubs.acs.org/apcach/article/6/2/356/5091040/Challenges-and-Best-Practices-in-Modeling 

https://pubs.acs.org/achre4/article/51/1/138/1251473/Reliably-Modeling-the-Mechanical-Stability-of 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12754-w

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In this episode we catch up with Stefano Canossa to discuss everything related to crystals, MOFs, and rocks. Also some monkeys and more rocks.

Interesting papers that were mentioned in this conversations are listed here:

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1633599/full?et_cid=5893315

https://pubs.rsc.org/ce/article/27/40/6556/885467/Useful-practices-in-single-crystal-diffraction

And the new tool, developed by Stefano, Fouries Tiler:

https://github.com/stecanossa/FourierTiler/releases/tag/v1.2.1

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In this episode we catch up with Katherine A. Mirica to discuss her scientific journey and persistent, perseverance are some of the keys to a successful scientific career, don't give up!

You can read more about Katherine's work here:

Smart Membranes:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202509883

https://www.cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451-9294(25)00170-6

https://pubs.acs.org/jacsat/article/147/31/27561/3738514/Electronic-Textiles-Based-on-Conductive-Metal

Sensors and Sensor Arrays:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72267-1

https://pubs.acs.org/jacsat/article/148/23/23540/5233460/Electronic-Transport-in-Porous-Nanocrystals

https://pubs.acs.org/ancac3/article/20/24/17233/5166818/Isoreticular-Tuning-of-Conductive-Metal-Organic

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451929426001038

https://pubs.acs.org/ascefj/article/10/10/7787/3763486/Metal-Organic-Framework-Based-Chemiresistive-Array

https://pubs.acs.org/jacsat/article/147/47/43438/3739153/Conductive-Covalent-Organic-Frameworks-as

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In this episode, we are joined by Kyriaki Koupepidou to discuss her journey as a researcher working with MOFs and how she started in Cyprus and ended up at a Nobel Prize winner's lab.

This is the last episode of season 1 of the MOFCast. Season 2 will be released in 2026, watch this space!

Don't forget about MPIF: http://www.mpif4ever.com

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In this episode, we are joined by Selina Ambrose, Ellart de Wit to discuss how MOFs can easily go from something made in a very small scale in the lab to being applied in large scale production. Perhaps we can all come together and realize the "Dragon's Den" idea?

Don't forget about MPIF: http://www.mpif4ever.com

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In this episode, we are joined by Dariusz Matoga and Bettina Baumgartner to share the “Story of MPIF.” The Material Preparation Information File (MPIF) is a modular, machine- and human-readable standard for documenting synthesis protocols and key data. By capturing every detail—far beyond what’s typically reported in papers—MPIF tackles reproducibility challenges in materials research. With an easy-to-use online tool, MPIF paves the way for more reliable science, community-wide adoption, and even future machine learning–driven discoveries.

You can visit the MPIF Dashboard by going to http://www.mpif4ever.com

Come and talk to us at our poster at EuroMOF2025!

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Lauren and Theresa tells us why it is important to visit other labs during your scientific journey, regardless of your career stage.

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