Structural and dynamic studies of substrate binding in porous metal-organic frameworks
Porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are the subject of considerable research interest because of their high porosity and capability of specific binding to small molecules, thus underpinning a wide range of materials functions such as gas adsorption, separation, drug delivery, catalysis, and sensi...
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| Published in | Chemical Society reviews Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 239 - 274 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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03.01.2017
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| Summary: | Porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are the subject of considerable research interest because of their high porosity and capability of specific binding to small molecules, thus underpinning a wide range of materials functions such as gas adsorption, separation, drug delivery, catalysis, and sensing. MOFs, constructed by the designed assembly of metal ions and functional organic linkers, are an emerging class of porous materials with extended porous structures containing periodic binding sites. MOFs thus provide a new platform for the study of the chemistry and reactivity of small molecules in confined pores using advanced diffraction and spectroscopic techniques. In this review, we focus on recent progress in experimental investigations on the crystallographic, dynamic and kinetic aspects of substrate binding within porous MOFs. In particular, we focus on studies on host-guest interactions involving open metal sites or pendant functional groups in the pore as the primary binding sites for guest molecules.
Porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are the subject of considerable research interest because of their high porosity and capability of specific binding to small molecules, thus underpinning a wide range of materials functions such as gas adsorption, separation, drug delivery, catalysis, and sensing. |
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| Bibliography: | Sihai Yang received his BSc from Peking University in 2007 and PhD from University of Nottingham in 2011. He then joined as a senior research fellow/assistant professor in the School of Chemistry in University of Nottingham. He moved to University of Manchester as a Lecturer in 2015. His current research interests lie in the study of the "structure-function" relationships in porous materials. Martin Schröder obtained his BSc from the University of Sheffield and PhD from Imperial College, London. He has held academic appointments at the University of Edinburgh and University of Nottingham. In 2015 he was appointed Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Manchester. His research lies in the area of coordination and supramolecular chemistry with specific focus on energy applications and clean technologies. Florian Moreau obtained his MSc from the Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France (2008) and his PhD from the Université de Rennes 1, France (2011). He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Manchester with Professor Schröder where his current work is focused on the design and synthesis of highly connected, functionalised MOFs and the study of framework dynamics and gas-host interactions. Timothy Easun was awarded his MSci from Nottingham University and PhD from Sheffield University. Dr Easun is currently a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry at Cardiff University. His research focuses on the control of nanoscale flow of molecules within porous materials using photochemistry both as probe and actuator to make nanofluidic devices. Yong Yan, born in 1984, obtained his BSc from Lanzhou University in 2006 and PhD from University of Nottingham in 2011. He continued as a postdoctoral researcher with Professor Schröder focusing on structural characterisation of MOFs using various techniques such as synchrotron X-ray and neutron scattering techniques, as well as the discovery of new porous materials for various applications. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0306-0012 1460-4744 1460-4744 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c6cs00603e |