The MOFcast

The MOFcast The MOFcast is a podcast series where we hold panel discussions with various guests from the porous materials and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) field—including materials scientists, industry professionals, policymakers, business leaders, and more. Our aim is to promote an interdisciplinary connection between everyone with an interest in MOFs. In association with the EU4MOFs network Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #6

  Perseverance

  Sep 28, 202623 minS2

  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 You can now get in contact with the MOFCast: themofcast@gmail.com Episode host: Ocean Cheung Intro music: Bensound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #4

  Calculations don't bite

  Sep 28, 202631 minS2

  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 You can now get in contact with the MOFCast: themofcast@gmail.com Episode host: Ocean Cheung Intro music: Bensound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #5

  Rocks and MOFs

  Sep 28, 202644 minS2

  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 You can now get in contact with the MOFCast: themofcast@gmail.com Episode host: Ocean Cheung Intro music: Bensound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #2

  Crystals for water harvesting?

  Sep 28, 202631 minS2

  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   You can now get in contact with the MOFCast: themofcast@gmail.com Episode host: Ocean Cheung Intro music: Bensound License code: AAAWZWQ5MWIE72GN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #3

  2027 "EUROMOFSCHOOL"

  Sep 28, 202632 minS2

  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. You can now get in contact with the MOFCast: themofcast@gmail.com Episode host: Ocean Cheung Intro music: Bensound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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