Mike Zaworotko group

The crystal engineering research group led by Prof. Mike Zaworotko. Main interests are metal-organic materials and multi-component pharmaceutical materials. @UL

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@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.

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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:
https://t.co/uC3x50dvsh
In short:
- The field has come an awfully long way since the 2000s
- It is complicated

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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

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@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).

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Better, greener tandem catalysis enabled by "COFcap-2"
@zgroupUL + Profs ZZ, Yao of https://t.co/xXW1975VIn report in @naturecomms:
https://t.co/TpiQg9HXoK
Homochiral amines inc. R-sitagliptin + 3 drug product intermediates use N2 as NH3 source

If general, stay tuned for more

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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: https://t.co/6FTIPBS8Ku
That is 2 papers in <24 h for KK!

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Transient porosity in a closed pore solid reported by @zgroupul + @MukherjeeChem in @angew_chem: https://t.co/U7k5kJJACV
Congrats @KKoupepidou for never giving up on this sorbent + @Barbour_Group @MACATAMO_Group who provided insight into sorption mechanism (angular linker = 😀)

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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

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1D coordination polymer + H-bonds + pi stacking = MOF as reported in @J_A_C_S by @zgroupUL and @brianbspace: https://t.co/uaM2NAX7Qa
Congrats to @alan_eaby + co-authors for revealing how this understudied but potentially vast family of materials can serve as H2O and CO2 sorbents.

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Sam's SAM has unusual water vapor sorption properties + strange guest-induced structural transformations. Read in @ACSMatLett: https://t.co/0uucD2C3ce
Congrats to all @zgroupUL and @MACATAMO_Group authors on 2025 paper #1, especially @SamM_Shabangu for his first 1st author paper.

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A new linker ligand + 3 coordination polymers reported by @ZGroupUL in @CGD_ACS @jjvittal special issue:
https://t.co/wSY8iMGkmc
Published on Xmas day = cool
Made by mechanochem or slurry = green
1st author an undergrad = priceless

Congrats to Maria🇮🇪 + @sbnbkv🇰🇬 + @alan_eaby🇿🇦

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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.

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

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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: https://t.co/AhJs2mC0MF
Doing different things feels pretty good.

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🇨🇳 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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CALF-20 strikes yet again - this time as a sieve for n-butene/iso-butene. Now out in @ACSMatLett:
https://t.co/1dRhjxBlcE
@zgroupul is delighted to continue its partnership on design and properties of narrow pore sorbents with Yun Lei Peng group from @CUP1953