Metal-organic frameworks represent a porous class of materials that are build up from metal
ions or oligonuclear metallic complexes and organic ligands. They can be considered as …

We summarize recent advances in application of MOFs as therapeutic agents, drug carriers,
imaging agents and biosensors in cancer biomedicine. A holistic perspective is adopted to …

Development of a controllable drug delivery system is imperative and important to reduce
the side-effects and enhance the therapeutic efficacy of drugs. Metal–organic frameworks …

The past two decades have witnessed rapid developments and innovations in
nanotechnology. 1− 10 Significant efforts have also been devoted to exploring clinical …

In this review, we have portrayed the structure, synthesis and applications of a variety of
biomimetic MOFs from an unprecedented angle. Synthetic MOF analogues of five distinct …

1.1. Influence of the Composition Coordination polymers or MOFs (metalÀorganic
frameworks) are the latest class of ordered porous solids. 1À5Since their discovery in 1989 …

Nanoscale metal organic frameworks (NMOFs) have shown great potential in biomedicine
owing to their structural/chemical diversities, high molecular loading capacities, and intrinsic …

We have developed a general synthetic route to encapsulate small molecules in
monodisperse zeolitic imid-azolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) nanospheres for drug delivery …

Microwave (MW) and ultrasonic (US) irradiation are the most simple, inexpensive, and
efficient nonconventional heating methods available in applied chemistry. Both techniques …

High porosities, large surface areas, and tunable functionalities made metal–organic
frameworks (MOFs) as effective carriers for drug delivery. One of the most promising MOFs is …