Crystalline metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): synthesis, structure and function

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of hybrid network supramolecular solid materials comprised of organized organic linkers and metal cations. They can display enormously high surface areas with tunable pore size and functionality, and can be used as hosts for a range of guest molecules. Sin...

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Published inActa crystallographica Section B, Structural science, crystal engineering and materials Vol. 70; no. Pt 1; p. 3
Main Authors Dey, Chandan, Kundu, Tanay, Biswal, Bishnu P, Mallick, Arijit, Banerjee, Rahul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2014
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Cations
Crystal structure
Crystallography
Metals
Pore size
microporous materials
crystal engineering
synthetic methods
metal-organic frameworks
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Summary:Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of hybrid network supramolecular solid materials comprised of organized organic linkers and metal cations. They can display enormously high surface areas with tunable pore size and functionality, and can be used as hosts for a range of guest molecules. Since their discovery, MOFs have experienced widespread exploration for their applications in gas storage, drug delivery and sensing. This article covers general and modern synthetic strategies to prepare MOFs, and discusses their structural diversity and properties with respect to application perspectives.
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ISSN:2052-5192
2052-5206
DOI:10.1107/S2052520613029557