Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have received a lot of attention for application as
nanoscale drug delivery devices due to their unique properties in high storage capacities …

Photochromic materials have broad application prospects in the fields of molecular
switching, detection, biological, and molecular machines. Crystalline hybrid photochromic …

Owing to their three dimensionality and high porosity, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
have attracted the attention of scientists especially chemists and material engineers. The …

Polyoxometalate–viologen hybrids are a class of photochromic materials with variable
structures and interesting application performance. In recent years, some progress has been …

The past decade has witnessed the rapid development of functional coordination polymers
(CPs) for various potential applications. Generally speaking, functionalization of …

Stimuli-responsive materials are a new class of smart materials that have received
continuous scientific attention because they can exhibit rapid responses (with corresponding …

As discrete anionic metal–oxygen clusters, polyoxometalates (POMs) demonstrate immense
advantages as photochromic materials owing to their good redox properties and photo …

Herein we present a new viologen‐based radical‐containing metal–organic framework
(RMOF) Gd‐IHEP‐7, which upon heating in air undergoes a single‐crystal‐to‐single‐crystal …

An electron-deficient and potentially chromic ligand has been utilized to impart redox
activity, photo-and hydrochromism, and solvotomagnetism to metal–organic frameworks …

Crystalline chromic materials coupled with other functionalities are of particular interest due
to their multiple external stimuli responsive properties. In this work, a new photochromic and …