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46 EVENT FORMAT Lecture 2020 Januar y 12-2 3 Design & Synthesis of Smart Programmable Sponges DESCRIPTION Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of solid-state materials built up from metal-based nodes and organic linkers. They exhibit permanent porosity and unprecedented surface areas which can be readily tuned through coor- dination chemistry at the inorganic node and/or organic chemistry at the linkers. The high porosities, tunability, and stability are highly attractive for many applications including, but not limited to, storage, separations, catalysis, purifi- cation and drug delivery. SPEAKER Omar Farha CREDITS 1 Associate Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University and Distinguished Adjunct Professor