247th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition: Part I

Abstract

American Chemical Society National Meetings and Expositions are held twice a year in spring and autumn and constitute the largest gathering of chemical scientists at any point in the conference calendar. This year the 247th meeting (1) was held from 16th–20th March 2014, hosted at the Dallas Convention Centre, Texas, USA. The overarching theme of the conference was Chemistry and Materials for Energy which was refl ected in the focus of the Plenary and Kavli Foundation sponsored Lectures. This selective review will focus on metal organic frameworks (MOFs), covering a range of synthetic and applied work. Part I of this review covered a range of biomass related work and was published previously (2).