Abstract
Exploring the space generated by the self-assembly of known metal oxides
computationally and the ability to predict new architectures is a
challenging task. Narrowing it down to a family of all-inorganic porous
materials, composed of ring-shaped tungsten oxide building blocks
connected with transition metal linkers forming zero to three
dimensional frameworks. Structurally like zeolites (213 recognized
structures), but an order of magnitude smaller, the POMzite library has
only 14 members. Applying the concept of ‘materials by design’ applied
to molecular metal oxide chemistry synthesis, and their assembly into
frameworks. Structures with new topologies, but aiming for pure
inorganic systems, will be targeted from the beginning.