A historical overview of the activation and porosity of metal-organic frameworks
Since the first reports of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), this unique class of crystalline, porous materials has garnered increasing attention in a wide variety of applications such as gas storage and separation, catalysis, enzyme immobilization, drug delivery, water capture, and sensing. A fundam...
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| Published in | Chemical Society reviews Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 746 - 7427 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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London
Royal Society of Chemistry
19.10.2020
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
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| Summary: | Since the first reports of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), this unique class of crystalline, porous materials has garnered increasing attention in a wide variety of applications such as gas storage and separation, catalysis, enzyme immobilization, drug delivery, water capture, and sensing. A fundamental feature of MOFs is their porosity which provides space on the micro- and meso-scale for confining and exposing their functionalities. Therefore, designing MOFs with high porosity and developing suitable activation methods for preserving and accessing their pore space have been a common theme in MOF research. Reticular chemistry allows for the facile design of MOFs from highly tunable metal nodes and organic linkers in order to realize different pore structures, topologies, and functionalities. With the hope of shedding light on future research endeavors in MOF porosity, it is worthwhile to examine the development of MOFs, with an emphasis on their porosity and how to properly access their pore space. In this review, we will provide an overview of the historic evolution of porosity and activation of MOFs, followed by a synopsis of the strategies to design and preserve permanent porosity in MOFs.
A historical overview of the activation and porosity of MOFs including strategies to design and preserve permanent porosity in MOFs. |
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| Bibliography: | Zhijie Chen was born in Fuzhou, Fujian, China in 1989. He received his BS (2012) degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in China under the supervision of Prof. Yong Cui, and PhD (2018) from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Prof. Mohamed Eddaoudi. He joined Prof. Omar Farha's group at Northwestern University as a postdoctoral researcher in 2018. His research interest is related to the reticular synthesis of functional porous materials, as well as their structure-property relationships. Sylvia Hanna grew up in South Jersey and received her BS in Chemistry from Rowan University. She joined Prof. Omar Farha's laboratory at Northwestern University as a graduate student in Fall 2017 and is a Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellow. Her research focuses on designing novel uranium-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and understanding the fundamental chemical and structural properties which make them different from traditional transition metal/lanthanide-based MOFs. Peng Li was born in Hunan, China. He received his BS (2006) and MS (2009) degrees from Fudan University in China, and PhD (2014) from the University of Texas at San Antonio under the supervision of Prof. Banglin Chen. Then he worked with Professors Joseph Hupp and Omar K. Farha at Northwestern University as a postdoctoral fellow during 2014-2018. He joined Fudan University as a professor of chemistry in 2019. His research interest is related to functional porous materials for gas storage, separation, catalysis, and enzyme immobilization. Xingjie Wang received his BS (2015) and PhD (2019) degree from South China University of Technology (SCUT) under the supervision of Prof. Zhong Li. He joined Prof. Omar Farha's group at Northwestern University as a postdoctoral researcher in 2020. His current research interest is related to synthesis of well-defined porous materials for heterogeneous catalytic applications, as well as relationships exploration between the structure and properties. Omar K. Farha is a Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University. His research spans diverse areas of chemistry and materials science ranging from energy to defense-related challenges. His research accomplishments have been recognized by several awards and honors including Foreign Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Kuwait Prize, JSCC "International award for creative work"; the RSC "Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Early Career" Award; the ACS "The Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science; and an award established by the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University in his honor: the Omar Farha Award for Research Leadership. Prof. Dr Ali Maleki was born in Mianeh, East Azerbaijan in 1980. He received his PhD in Chemistry in 2009. He started his career as an Assistant Professor in Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in 2010, where he is currently Full Professor. His research interests focus on design and development of novel catalysts, nanomaterials and green chemistry. He has hundreds of ISI-JCR publications. Some of his honors include: Distinguished Researcher of IUST within 2010-2020, IUPAC Prize for green chemistry in 2016, and Top 1% International Scientists in ESI (Web of Science) in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Xinyao Liu was born in Beijing, China. He received his BS (2015) degree from Jilin University. He currently is a PhD candidate at State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis & Preparative Chemistry Jilin University under the supervision of Prof. Yunling Liu. He joined Prof. Omar K. Farha's group at Northwestern University as a visiting scholar in November 2019. His current research interests include the synthesis and application of metal-organic frameworks. Mr Reza Taheri-Ledari was born in Tehran in 1988. He was graduated from University of Tehran in BSc (in 2012) and MSc (in 2015) in pure and organic chemistry, respectively. Since 2015, he is a PhD student in Chemistry Department of IUST under supervision of Prof. Maleki. Reza's research interest focus on drug development, drug delivery, and high-tech pharmaceutical compounds like antibody-drug conjugates. So far, Reza has been succeeded to publish several ISI publications involving several foreign researchers from China, USA, Spain and Canada. He has also been the Top Research Scholar of IUST within 2019. Xuan Zhang received his BS degree from Nankai University, China, and obtained his PhD from Texas A&M University under the supervision of Prof. Kim R. Dunbar. He joined Prof. Omar K. Farha and Prof. Joseph T. Hupp's groups at Northwestern University as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2016. Xuan is currently a Research Associate in the Farha group. His research interest is related to synthesis and functionalization of porous materials for targeted catalytic applications. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23 FG02-03ER15457; FG02-08ER15967; NA0003763; EE0008816 USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) |
| ISSN: | 0306-0012 1460-4744 1460-4744 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d0cs00997k |