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Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) represent one of the most rapidly evolving classes of materials in modern materials science. Built through principles of reticular chemistry, these crystalline porous solids enable atomic-level control over composition, topology, pore architecture, and functionality. The conceptual foundation of MOFs was recognized at the highest level of science when the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the scientists who discovered this material—work that helped establish MOFs as foundational materials that enable engineered molecular architectures with vast internal surface area and tunable functionality, with applications ranging from carbon capture and hydrogen storage to water harvesting and catalysis.
Despite their transformative potential, MOFs remain underrepresented within the traditional The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) programming landscape, which has historically emphasized structural alloys, extraction metallurgy, and electronic materials. However, MOFs now intersect directly with core TMS priorities: energy materials, critical minerals, advanced manufacturing, computational materials design, sustainability, and decarbonization technologies.
This symposium will highlight emerging frontiers, including defect and electronic structure engineering, conductive and redox-active frameworks, AI-guided materials discovery, scalable synthesis, additive manufacturing integration, and MOFs for carbon capture, hydrogen storage, catalysis, separations, and electrochemical energy systems. By bridging molecular design with engineering performance metrics, this forum positions MOFs squarely within materials science and engineering practice rather than purely synthetic chemistry.
The proposed symposium aims to catalyze cross-disciplinary dialogue between chemists, materials scientists, metallurgists, and engineers, elevating MOFs from a niche porous materials topic to a central platform technology for next-generation sustainable and functional materials systems. |