Nanoporous catalytic materials with organic frameworks

Organic frameworks have tempting properties for nanostructured heterogenous catalysts with active sites that are size- and pH-tunable, yet working exa mples are sparse. The authors present a promising structure type, i.e., cro ss-linked assemblies lyotroinc liquid crystals (LLCs), whose polar termini forin ordered channels with enhanced basic or acidic catalytic activity.