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

• Published in: Acta 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
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Cations; Crystal structure; Crystallography; Metals; Pore size; microporous materials; crystal engineering; synthetic methods; metal-organic frameworks

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...