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Organic minerals, metal-organic frameworks, and metal-oxygen clusters: the emergent interface of geochemistry and crystal engineering

Comments

In recent years, discoveries of naturally occurring species with properties and structures similar to those of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), polyoxometallates (POMs) and others have challenged the view of the latter as purely synthetic, man-made materials. Moreover, the application of geomimetic synthetic methods such as accelerated ageing or pseudomorphic replication has enabled a more facile, environmentally friendly synthesis of materials with controllable properties. The guiding principles behind chemistry and crystal engineering are easily identifiable in these natural materials and processes. The topic of this microsymposium is centered on the emerging interface of geological and chemical species and methods, aiming to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences across the fields of materials science, chemistry and geology. This synergy will lead towards prediction of as of yet undiscovered mineral species and the hierarchical design and synthesis of novel functional materials utilizing biological and synthetic complex building blocks.

Chair persons

Name	Family	Institution	City	Country	Region
Igor	Huskic	McGill University	Montreal	Canada	ACA
Tomoji	Ozeki	Nihon University	Nihon	Japan	AsCA

Invited speakers

Name	Family	Institution	City	Country	Title
Helen	Maynard-Casely	Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering	Kirrawee	Australia
Peter C.	Burns	University Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IL	USA
Ulrich	Kortz	Jacobs University	Bremen	Germany	Discrete polyoxometalates: from geochemistry via crystal engineering to functional materials