Metal–organic network-forming glasses

N Ma, S Horike - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The crystal–liquid–glass phase transition of coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic
frameworks (MOFs) offers attractive opportunities as a new class of amorphous materials …

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) beyond crystallinity: amorphous MOFs, MOF liquids and MOF glasses

J Fonseca, T Gong, L Jiao, HL Jiang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has been incorrectly believed to be purely
crystalline. However, non-crystalline MOFs (amorphous MOFs, MOF liquids, and MOF …

ZIF-62 glass foam self-supported membranes to address CH4/N2 separations

Z Yang, Y Belmabkhout, LN McHugh, D Ao, Y Sun… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Membranes with ultrahigh permeance and practical selectivity could greatly decrease the
cost of difficult industrial gas separations, such as CH4/N2 separation. Advanced …

The changing state of porous materials

TD Bennett, FX Coudert, SL James, AI Cooper - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Porous materials contain regions of empty space into which guest molecules can be
selectively adsorbed and sometimes chemically transformed. This has made them useful in …

The thermal stability of metal-organic frameworks

C Healy, KM Patil, BH Wilson, L Hermanspahn… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to systematically engineer the properties of crystalline and amorphous metal-
organic frameworks (MOFs) towards practical application, a thorough understanding of their …

MIL-101 (Fe)/g-C3N4 for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalysis toward simultaneous reduction of Cr (VI) and oxidation of bisphenol A in aqueous media

F Zhao, Y Liu, SB Hammouda, B Doshi… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heterostructured composites with an excellent photocatalytic activity have attracted
increasing attention because of their great application in environmental remediation. Herein …

Performance of ZIF-67–Derived fold polyhedrons for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Y Li, Z **, T Zhao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Metal-organic framework (MOF) is one of the most promising precursors for the fabrication of
advanced photo-semiconductors or cocatalysts due to its diverse structures and unique …

A new dimension for coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks: towards functional glasses and liquids

S Horike, SS Nagarkar, T Ogawa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There are two categories of coordination polymers (CPs): inorganic CPs (i‐CPs) and organic
ligand bridged CPs (o‐CPs). Based on the successful crystal engineering of CPs, we here …

Mechanical properties of metal–organic frameworks

LR Redfern, OK Farha - Chemical science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
As the field of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) continues to grow, the physical stability
and mechanical properties of these porous materials has become a topic of great interest …

Meltable mixed-linker zeolitic imidazolate frameworks and their microporous glasses: from melting point engineering to selective hydrocarbon sorption

L Frentzel-Beyme, M Kloß, P Kolodzeiski… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Porous glasses from metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) represent a new class of functional
inorganic–organic materials, which have been proposed for applications ranging from solid …