Synthetic stimuli-responsive systems have become increasingly sophisticated and elegant at the nanoscale. This Comment discusses how rationally designed molecular systems capable of dynamic motions can be deployed in macroscopically porous metal–organic frameworks and respond to various stimuli.
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This work was supported by the Ministry of Education - Singapore (MOE2018-T2-2-148, MOE2019-T2-1-093), the Energy Market Authority (EMA-EP009-SEGC-020), and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (U2102d2004, U2102d2012).
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Dong, J., Wee, V. & Zhao, D. Stimuli-responsive metal–organic frameworks enabled by intrinsic molecular motion. Nat. Mater. 21, 1334–1340 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01317-y
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