Research interests Materials chemistry Molecular framework materials X-ray diffraction Nanoporosity Electronic and magnetic properties of solids Phase transitions (structural, electronic and magnetic) Coordination Framework Materials: Coordination frameworks are crystalline solids that contain extended networks constructed by the linkage of metal atoms by multiply-coordinating polydentate ligands. A rapid growth in the study of these materials has arisen from the realisation that metal-organic framework synthesis offers considerable flexibility and control over structure and properties, thereby offering rare pathways to rational materials design. This flexibility originates from the enormous structural and chemical diversities afforded by molecular systems, features that are less prevalent in many other branches of materials chemistry.