Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystals made of organic ligands connected by metal cations(orclusters) intoa3Dnetwork.Theyareactivelyinvestigatedinleadingscientific laboratoriesallovertheworldowing to their intriguing structures (regular and well-definedmolecular scale cavities!), unique properties andnumerouspotential applications, suchas gas storage,drugdelivery, catalysis, sensor technology, ionexchange,non-linearopticsandmanyothers.

The aim of this project is to create a revolutionary new class of ‘intelligent’ MOFs, able to adapt to theirenvironmentinresponsetoexternalphysicalorchemicalstimuli(seetheschemeabove).

Our offer: - an opportunity to participate in a groundbreaking and interdisciplinary research project run incollaborationwithleadingMOFlaboratoriesfromUSAandGermany(MIT,AugsburgUniversity),-state-of-the-artresearchfacilities:SupramolecularChemistryLaboratoryislocatedinanew,modernbuildingofBiologicalandChemicalResearchCentre.Forpicturessee:www.mchmielewski.pl,-youcanbeapartofa6-memberedteamcomposedofPI(DrMichałChmielewski),1postdoctoralresearcherwithmanyyearsofexperienceinthefield,2PhDstudentsand2MScstudents-generousfellowships.

Fordetailsoftheapplicationprocedure,seewww.mchmielewski.pl/en/.Deadline:21.01.2019.

Templation/self-templation

STIMULI-RESPONSIVE&ADAPTIVEMOFs

Physicalorchemicaltriggers:

pH,redoxpotential,chemicals,etc.

Self-organizationoffunctionalgroupsinsidetheMOF

Adaptationtoenvironmentalchangethroughcomponents

selectionandrearrangement

Supramolecular Chemistry Laboratory under the guidance of Dr Michal Chmielewski

www.mchmielewski.pl

2 PhD positions in the fields of organic/materials chemistry

funded by the National Science Centre, Poland,

and realised in

‘Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry in Metal-Organic Frameworks’

are available in a research project