AMI Instruments is proud to have participated in MOF 2026 — the 10th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds, held May 17–20, 2026 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. AMI was excited to kick off the week at MOF 2026, looking forward to great discussions around MOFs, porous materials, adsorption science, catalysis, and advanced characterization techniques.
MOF 2026 continues a proud tradition of biennial international conferences that began in Augsburg in 2008 and has since traveled to cities around the world — from Kobe and Marseille to Long Beach, Edinburgh, Auckland, Dresden, and Singapore. The 10th edition brought the global MOF community together in New Orleans for a week of science, collaboration, and discovery at the forefront of porous materials research.
The MOF community relies on advanced characterization techniques to understand the properties that define porous framework performance, including surface area, pore size distribution, adsorption capacity, and selectivity. MOF 2026 provided an important opportunity for researchers, developers, and instrument specialists to exchange ideas and explore the analytical technologies supporting the next generation of porous materials.
About the Conference
MOF 2026 — 10th International Conference
MOF 2026 is the premier international gathering for researchers working on metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and related porous materials. Organized by the International MOF Commission, the conference serves as an essential forum for sharing progress in the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of porous framework materials across fundamental science and industrial development.
New Orleans provided a fitting and memorable backdrop for this milestone 10th edition of the conference. Held at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on Canal Street, the venue placed attendees at the center of one of America’s most culturally distinctive cities — steps from the French Quarter and the vibrant energy that makes New Orleans unlike anywhere else.
Location: Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana | Dates: May 17–20, 2026 | Website: na.eventscloud.com/website/86715
MOF 2026 marked the 10th edition of the international conference series dedicated to metal-organic frameworks and open framework compounds.
Why MOF 2026 Matters
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The 10th International Conference on MOFs and the premier biennial global event for the metal-organic frameworks and porous materials community.
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Provides a global platform connecting scientists, developers, and users from academia and industry working across the full porous materials ecosystem.
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Features plenary lectures, invited talks, and poster sessions covering MOF design, synthesis, characterization, and real-world applications.
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Includes a Young Scientist Symposium supporting the next generation of researchers in porous materials science.
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Provides a critical venue for instrument manufacturers to engage directly with researchers who depend on advanced characterization tools.
Conference Focus Areas
MOFs, Porous Materials & Advanced Applications
MOF 2026 covered the full scope of metal-organic framework and porous materials science, from fundamental design and synthesis through characterization, application, and industrial development.
MOF Design & Synthesis | Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) | Gas Storage & Separation | Carbon Capture & CO₂ Adsorption | Hydrogen Storage | Catalysis in Porous Materials | Drug Delivery & Biomedical MOFs | Sensing & Detection | Advanced Characterization | Computational MOF Design | Scale-Up & Industrial Applications | Porous Materials for Sustainability
AMI’s Role & Participation
Advanced Characterization for MOF Research
AMI Instruments exhibited at MOF 2026 with instruments directly relevant to the conference’s core scientific themes. The MOF community relies on advanced gas sorption and characterization instrumentation to measure the properties that define framework performance — surface area, pore size distribution, adsorption capacity, and selectivity — and AMI’s portfolio sits at the center of that analytical workflow.
The AMI booth featured the Matrix 1000 Series gas sorption analyzer, a modular, multi-station physisorption platform designed for BET surface area, pore size distribution, and gas adsorption isotherm measurements across the full micro-to-mesopore range. Alongside it, instruments spanning AMI’s broader characterization portfolio demonstrated how gas adsorption, chemisorption, reactor systems, and X-ray diffraction work together to provide a complete picture of MOF structure and performance.
AMI’s instrument solutions directly address the characterization needs of the MOF research community:
- Gas adsorption and physisorption: Matrix 1000 Series for N₂, Ar, CO₂, and multi-component gas isotherm measurements essential for BET surface area and full pore size distribution characterization of MOFs and COFs.
- High-pressure gas adsorption: volumetric and gravimetric instruments for hydrogen storage, CO₂ capture, and gas separation measurements at elevated pressures directly relevant to MOF application testing.
- In situ structural characterization: the Nexus Series integrated XRD–sorption platform for simultaneous structural and adsorption measurements directly revealing how MOF crystal structure evolves during gas uptake.
- Chemisorption and catalysis: chemisorption analyzers and reactor systems for MOF-derived catalyst characterization, including active site quantification and in situ reaction studies.
Events like MOF 2026 are always a great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, meet new researchers, and learn more about the exciting work happening across academia and industry. AMI’s participation reflects our commitment to supporting the porous materials community with instruments that keep pace with the field’s scientific ambitions.
With a portfolio spanning physisorption and chemisorption analyzers, high-pressure gas adsorption systems, reactor systems, X-ray diffraction instruments, thermal and gravimetric analyzers, and true density analyzers, AMI plays a key role in enabling the precise characterization that drives MOF discovery from synthesis through to real-world deployment.
Thank You for Connecting
AMI at MOF 2026
We thank everyone who stopped by the AMI booth at MOF 2026 and connected with our team in New Orleans. The conversations and collaborative spirit of the MOF community continue to inform how we develop instruments that support porous materials research at every stage of the development cycle.
To learn more about AMI’s gas adsorption, XRD, and characterization solutions for MOF and porous materials research, please contact us or explore our gas adsorption product range.