title: Defect-Engineered Metal-Organic Frameworks.
abstract: Defect engineering in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is an exciting concept for tailoring material properties, which opens up novel opportunities not only in sorption and catalysis, but also in controlling more challenging physical characteristics such as band gap as well as magnetic and electrical/conductive properties. It is challenging to structurally characterize the inherent or intentionally created defects of various types, and there have so far been few efforts to comprehensively discuss these issues. Based on selected reports spanning the last decades, this Review closes that gap by providing both a concise overview of defects in MOFs, or more broadly coordination network compounds (CNCs), including their classification and characterization, together with the (potential) applications of defective CNCs/MOFs. Moreover, we will highlight important aspects of "defect-engineering" concepts applied for CNCs, also in comparison with relevant solid materials such as zeolites or COFs. Finally, we discuss the future potential of defect-engineered CNCs.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816 (V.R. China). iamzlfang@njtech.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhenlan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KULeuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, 3001 Leuven (Belgien). bart.bueken@biw.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bueken
authors.affiliation: Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KULeuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, 3001 Leuven (Belgien). dirk.devos@biw.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Dirk E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: De Vos
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry II-Organometallics & Material Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801 Bochum (Germany). roland.fischer@rub.de.
authors.forename: Roland A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fischer
keywords: coordination chemistry; defects engineering; heterogeneity; metal-organic frameworks; porous materials