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. 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.
Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India.
Chandan
C
Dey
Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India.
Tanay
T
Kundu
Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India.
Bishnu P
BP
Biswal
Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India.
Arijit
A
Mallick
Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India.
Rahul
R
Banerjee
crystal engineering; metal-organic frameworks; microporous materials; synthetic methods