Making MOF Research Reproducible with MPIF

Reproducibility has always been a major challenge in the MOF field. Even when following the same published synthesis, different research groups often obtain materials of varying quality—or even entirely different phases. Why? Because crucial details such as solvent grade, vessel type, or humidity are frequently missing, ambiguous, or inconsistently reported.

To address this, the EU4MOFs community has developed the Material Preparation Information File (MPIF) – a new STAR-based standard for reporting MOF syntheses. Think of it as CIFs for structures or AIFs for adsorption data.

What makes MPIF special?

Human- and machine-readable
Captures the full synthesis context (reagents, conditions, equipment, and key characterization data)
Supports reproducibility in the lab
Enables integration with databases, AI, and automation

Explore MPIF resources

All materials are collected at www.mpif4ever.com, including:

• A user-friendly GUI: mpif.jackdevans.com

• The poster presented at EuroMOF2025 (Session 1, #38)

• A podcast introducing MPIF

• The full manuscript

We thank everyone who contributed to making this initiative possible!

Now, we need your support to make MPIF a true community standard. Please start using it in your work and share it with your colleagues and collaborators. The broader the adoption, the stronger and more reproducible our field will become.

For more information, feel free to contact us at mpif4ever@gmail.com, or reach out directly to dariusz.matoga@uj.edu.pl and ocean.cheung@angstrom.uu.se.