David Fairén🔻☮
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David Fairén🔻☮
@davidfairen.bsky.social
Molecular Engineering at Cambridge. Materials discovery, monolithic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), energy transition, drug delivery, RNA, and more. Linking academia and industry. Founder of Immaterial and Vector Bioscience
I went a bit too fast; the paper with the timeline is pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... and Figure 8. But obviously, the first materials never had any porosity... but it's great to see all this very preliminary work in place!
Targeted classification of metal–organic frameworks in the Cambridge structural database (CSD)
Large-scale targeted exploration of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with characteristics such as specific surface chemistry or metal-cluster family has not been investigated so far. These definitions ...
pubs.rsc.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A few years ago, when we started looking at how we could define a MOF, we implemented six arbitrary criteria (pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....). Interestingly, according to these rules, we tracked down the very first structure that resembles a MOF from.. 1973! See: www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/my-a...
Development of a Cambridge Structural Database Subset: A Collection of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Past, Present, and Future
We report the generation and characterization of the most complete collection of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) maintained and updated, for the first time, by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC). To set up this subset, we asked the question “what is a MOF?” and implemented a number of “look-for-MOF” criteria embedded within a bespoke Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) Python API workflow to identify and extract information on 69 666 MOF materials. The CSD MOF subset is updated regularly with subsequent MOF additions to the CSD, bringing a unique record for all researchers working in the area of porous materials around the world, whether to perform high-throughput computational screening for materials discovery or to have a global view over the existing structures in a single resource. Using this resource, we then developed and used an array of computational tools to remove residual solvent molecules from the framework pores of all the MOFs identified and went on to analyze geometrical and physical properties of nondisordered structures.
pubs.acs.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I still think my first MOF paper was really interesting, and I learnt a lot. Even if not everyone liked the term unusual, it was, indeed, not something I expected (hence unusual, or novel, but not Nobel) pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Unusual Adsorption Behavior on Metal−Organic Frameworks
Metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown adsorption behavior that is not observed in other microporous materials such as zeolites or activated carbons. This study used grand canonical Monte Carlo si...
pubs.acs.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
doi.org/10.1002/adhm...

Both studies point to a clear future: design nanomedicines from the outset for safety, precision, and impact.
Multiscale Profiling of Nanoscale Metal‐Organic Framework Biocompatibility and Immune Interactions
A multi-scale, hierarchical ‘Safety-by-Design’ pipeline combining machine learning, ex vivo human blood assays, and in vivo models enables the systematic immunotoxicity and biocompatibility profiling....
doi.org
August 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In Advanced Healthcare Materials, we present a validated pipeline for metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) that integrates human blood assays, and in vivo models to map immune responses and select the safest candidates for clinical use. This de-risks and accelerates translation.
August 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
discuss groundbreaking work from the Chan lab showing that nanoparticles don’t just “leak” into tumours — they are actively transported by specialised endothelial cells via macropinocytosis. This insight could reshape how targeted therapies are designed.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lZ2o9Cyxd...
August 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Room temperature ale is great when the temperature is not 30C!
July 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
congratulations!
July 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ahh, Boston sigue estando más al sur! :D
June 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
(en realidad Manhattan está más al sur - nos lo imaginamos al revés porque hace más frío allá, pero no..)
June 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM