Open-framework materials are of great interest from both the theoretical and practical points of view due to their catalytic, absorbent, and ion-exchange properties. In the past decade, the study of structurally and chemically diverse open framework solids has been flourishing. A large variety of silicates, phosphates and carboxylates with open-framework structures have been synthesized with organic amines as templates. It has also been demonstrated that other oxysalts such as selenate, arsenate and germanate are used to build up open architectures. As far as the sulfate is concerned,
