Gérard Férey (1941-2017)

Abstract

Gérard Férey, a leader in the field of solid-state chemistry and a pioneer of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), passed away on August 19, 2017 in Paris. Férey developed both open-framework templated metal fluorophosphates (the ULM-n series) and a series of topical porous MOFs (the MIL-n series). He also created the automated assembly of secondary building units methodology to predict the structure of new porous solids.