title: Metal-organic framework materials for light-harvesting and energy transfer.
abstract: A critical review of the emerging field of MOFs for photon collection and subsequent energy transfer is presented. Discussed are examples involving MOFs for (a) light harvesting, using (i) MOF-quantum dots and molecular chromophores, (ii) chromophoric MOFs, and (iii) MOFs with light-harvesting properties, and (b) energy transfer, specifically via the (i) Förster energy transfer and (ii) Dexter exchange mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. j-hupp@northwestern.edu o-farha@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Monica C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Wiederrecht
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mondloch
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hupp
authors.forename: Omar K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Farha
mesh_terms: D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D008027:Light; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D017785:Photons; D045663:Quantum Dots
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds