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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 18h

Last bit of MOF stuff for the day… this is one of my very favourite cover lines from back when I was the Chief Ed of @natchem.nature.com… - was incredibly fitting for the paper too (rdcu.be/eJ4zt by @randallsnurr.bsky.social and co-workers) #chemsky 🧪

The cover of the Feb 2012 issue of Nature Chemistry. A series of connectors in various colours are connected with short straight rods. Off to the side is a pile of different coloured connectors. The main cover line is: Every MOF you make.

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks to the audience for the great questions after my talk today!

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Aug 2

Mason and Dixon? What state are you in? The GRC is in New Hampshire! 😉

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Digital Discovery @digital-discovery.rsc.org · Aug 1

In our latest featured article, Wang, Snurr et al. review the wide range of approaches to the use of generative AI in designing porous materials, and offer a perspective on incorporating these tools with experimental work. doi.org/10.1039/D5DD...

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Jul 31

This new review article was led by high school student Evan Xie and Xijun Wang. Also with Ilja Siepmann and Haoyuan Chen @chemchen.bsky.social. I think it's a timely review of powerful new tools in a rapidly growing research area. doi.org/10.1039/D5DD...

Generative AI for design of nanoporous materials: review and future prospects

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful tool for advancing the design of nanoporous materials such as metal–organic frameworks, covalent–organic frameworks, and zeolites. The...

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Jul 18

New paper led by Kunhuan Liu as the last part of his PhD, looking at the effect of topology on H2 adsorption in MOFs.

MOF Papers @mofpapers.bsky.social · Jul 16

Computational investigation of the impact of metal–organic framework topology on hydrogen storage capacity http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2025/ME/D5ME00078E

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Jul 3

Let's hear your explanations, Andy.

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Jun 17

Latest paper in from Zhao Li, along with Ilja Siepmann and undergrad Jake Turner. I continue to learn more about adsorption hysteresis and how useful TMMC simulations can be.

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · May 28

4 day weekends?

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · May 24

There is a lot in this paper beyond just an updated set of MOF structures. For example, we introduce a new version of MOFid that should be more useful for ML and data analytics. Check it out.

Steve Cranford @cranfordmatter.bsky.social · May 23

Online now... .

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · May 11

I'm afraid no one cares, although I look quite good by some of the metrics they use.

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · May 10

New paper w/ Goncalves, Chen, Chapman, Hupp on materials for room-T H2 storage. We don't claim these materials are ready for practical application, but I hope the ideas in the paper might inspire other people working on this difficult and long-standing problem. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Experimental and theoretical investigation of hydrogen sorption by SnO2 nanostructures in a metal–organic framework scaffold

SnO2 nanostructures decorated with Pd clusters were installed in the porous metal–organic framework (MOF) material NU-1000 and investigated as hydrogen storage materials. The proposed concept is to...

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FX Coudert @nanoporous.net · May 5

The latest CoRE MOF database version is out! A curated experimental MOF database with machine-learned properties for integrated material-process screening, published in @cp-matter.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · May 3

A beautiful Spring day at Northwestern!

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Mar 28

You're probably not the only one!

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Mar 28

Early registration for the Diffusion Fundamentals conference ends April 1st. Registration includes breakfast and lunch every day, refreshments during the poster session, and the conference dinner. Also, just announced: pre-dinner talk by Julio Ottino!
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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Feb 28

This is really only an extension of *one* business day!

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Feb 26

I remember attending this conference 30 years ago in Konstanz as a postdoc!

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Feb 26

Registration will include many meals to promote interactions among participants.

Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Feb 26

Abstract deadline for Diffusion Fundamentals XI "Spreading in Nature, Society and Technology" is this Friday, February 28! Come join us on the shores of Lake Michigan for 3 days of interdisciplinary talks and posters on all things diffusion.
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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Feb 25

I have written several papers with Fraser. Also Omar Farha.

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Feb 14

Nice new work from Thang Pham, expanding our understanding of genetic algorithms to optimize MOFs for CO2 capture.

MOF Papers @mofpapers.bsky.social · Feb 14

Implementation of Genetic Algorithms to Optimize Metal–Organic Frameworks for CO2 Capture http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c04386

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Feb 12

Abstract deadline for Diffusion Fundamentals XI extended to February 28! Come hear invited talks by Alberto Striolo and Eric Vanden-Eijnden (among others). diffusionfundamentals11.org

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Feb 10

Nice new work from Courtney Smoljan, Filip Formalik, Omar Farha, and team. Wasn't sure if journal would let us use this title!

MOF Papers @mofpapers.bsky.social · Feb 10

Exceeding flexpectations: a combined experimental and computational investigation of structural flexibility in 3-dimensional linker-based metal–organic frameworks http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2025/SC/D4SC06360K

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Randall Snurr @randallsnurr.bsky.social · Feb 7

Looking forward to these health-related talks at the Diffusion Fundamentals XI conference this summer: Dirk Brockmann on spatial dynamics and the Covid-19 pandemic and Sabina Hrabetova on using diffusion to study the brain’s extracellular space. Abstracts due Feb 15!
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