Metal-organic frames (MOFs, also known as porous coordination polymers or PCPs) and their derived materials have tailored structure, abundant adjustable chemical composition, ordered pore structure and uniform distribution of active sites. The research progress and breakthrough of MOFs is one of the most important events in the field of chemistry and materials in recent years. In the late 1990s, various MOFs materials were designed and synthesized by scientific teams such as Yaghi and Kitagawa, which greatly promoted the rapid development and application of these materials. In the past decade, a large number of scientists from different fields are committed to developing and exploring the application of MOFs materials in different fields, such as gas adsorption, gas separation and storage, participation in catalytic reactions, sensor applications, drug molecular delivery etc., and have made remarkable progress.
Over the past decades, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs, also known as porous coordination polymers or PCPs), as a new class of porous hybrid materials with reticular structure, have demonstrate promising applications for gas adsorption, gas separation and storage, participation in catalytic reactions, sensor applications, drug molecular delivery etc. However, there are still some obstacles in practical application, such as poor structural stability, blockage of pores, difficulty in recovery, high cost and potential physiological toxicity. Furthermore, the structure-properties relationships between MOFs structure and performance are still not very clear. The purpose of this special issue is to publish the state-of-art researches that gather current knowledge and pressing questions about MOF-based materials for applications. This special issue will focus on the relationship between the performance and MOF-based materials, the new mechanisms, and new methods.
This research topic: The design and synthesis of MOF-based materials and their various applications, such as the synthesis/modification of the structure of MOF-based materials to pursue new applications or improve the performance of the original. We hope that the research works of contributors can possess completed experimental design and synthesis for in-depth investigation of a certain applications, or provide a review or perspective in this field. The topics for special issue include, but not limited to:
• The design and synthesis of novel MOFs and the acquisition of their precise structural information and physical properties such as conductive, dielectricity, fluorescence, phase transition and nonlinear optical property etc.
• MOF-based materials for a variety of applications, gas adsorption, gas separation and storage, participation in catalytic reactions, sensor applications, drug molecular delivery, etc.
Metal-organic frames (MOFs, also known as porous coordination polymers or PCPs) and their derived materials have tailored structure, abundant adjustable chemical composition, ordered pore structure and uniform distribution of active sites. The research progress and breakthrough of MOFs is one of the most important events in the field of chemistry and materials in recent years. In the late 1990s, various MOFs materials were designed and synthesized by scientific teams such as Yaghi and Kitagawa, which greatly promoted the rapid development and application of these materials. In the past decade, a large number of scientists from different fields are committed to developing and exploring the application of MOFs materials in different fields, such as gas adsorption, gas separation and storage, participation in catalytic reactions, sensor applications, drug molecular delivery etc., and have made remarkable progress.
Over the past decades, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs, also known as porous coordination polymers or PCPs), as a new class of porous hybrid materials with reticular structure, have demonstrate promising applications for gas adsorption, gas separation and storage, participation in catalytic reactions, sensor applications, drug molecular delivery etc. However, there are still some obstacles in practical application, such as poor structural stability, blockage of pores, difficulty in recovery, high cost and potential physiological toxicity. Furthermore, the structure-properties relationships between MOFs structure and performance are still not very clear. The purpose of this special issue is to publish the state-of-art researches that gather current knowledge and pressing questions about MOF-based materials for applications. This special issue will focus on the relationship between the performance and MOF-based materials, the new mechanisms, and new methods.
This research topic: The design and synthesis of MOF-based materials and their various applications, such as the synthesis/modification of the structure of MOF-based materials to pursue new applications or improve the performance of the original. We hope that the research works of contributors can possess completed experimental design and synthesis for in-depth investigation of a certain applications, or provide a review or perspective in this field. The topics for special issue include, but not limited to:
• The design and synthesis of novel MOFs and the acquisition of their precise structural information and physical properties such as conductive, dielectricity, fluorescence, phase transition and nonlinear optical property etc.
• MOF-based materials for a variety of applications, gas adsorption, gas separation and storage, participation in catalytic reactions, sensor applications, drug molecular delivery, etc.
