Porous metal–organic frameworks as platforms for functional applications

Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3351-3370

Porous metal–organic frameworks as platforms for functional applications

Hai-Long Jiang and Qiang Xu

Abstract

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), also known as coordination polymers, have emerged as a new class of crystalline porous materials.  The materials are constructed from metal ions or metal ion clusters and bridging organic linkers. MOFs have tunable pores and functionalities, and usually exhibit very high surface areas.  Potential applications of porous MOFs cover a broad range of fields.  Most of their applications are related to pore sizes, shapes and structures/environments.

Authors provide an overview of the recent developments of porous MOFs as platforms in the functional applications of sorption and separation, heterogeneous catalysis, as supports/host matrices for metal nanoparticles, and as templates/nanoreactors for new material preparation.

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... Selective adsorption of olefins, preference for cis-olefins over trans-olefins, is observed on HKUST-1 due to the π-complexation on its open metal sites. All three MOFs have high affinities for alkylnaphthalene and dichlorobenzene isomers. ...

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