Metal–organic framework-based hierarchically porous materials: synthesis and applications

G Cai, P Yan, L Zhang, HC Zhou, HL Jiang - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely recognized as one of the most
fascinating classes of materials from science and engineering perspectives, benefiting from …

Understanding and controlling the nucleation and growth of metal–organic frameworks

BP Carpenter, AR Talosig, B Rose… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic frameworks offer a diverse landscape of building blocks to design high
performance materials for implications in almost every major industry. With this diversity …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Electron microscopy studies of soft nanomaterials

Z Lyu, L Yao, W Chen, FC Kalutantirige… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

Raman spectroscopy, an ideal tool for studying the physical properties and applications of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)

J Sunil, C Narayana, G Kumari… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a unique family of materials constructed by
coordinating metal ions or clusters to bridging organic ligands. Many of these materials are …

Visualizing the conversion of metal–organic framework nanoparticles into hollow layered double hydroxide nanocages

W Wang, H Yan, U Anand… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hollow layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanostructures derived from metal–organic
framework (MOF) nanoparticles (NPs) are candidate materials for applications in catalysis …

An updated status and trends in actinide metal-organic frameworks (An-MOFs): From synthesis to application

K Lv, S Fichter, M Gu, J März, M Schmidt - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Actinide metal-organic frameworks (An-MOFs) consisting of actinide nodes and organic
linkers represent an underexplored category of coordination polymers due to challenges in …

Molecular scalpel to chemically cleave metal–organic frameworks for induced phase transition

X Zhou, J Dong, Y Zhu, L Liu, Y Jiao, H Li… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A bottom-up chemical synthesis of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) permits significant
structural diversity because of various combinations of metal centers and different organic …

Structural diversity of zirconium metal–organic frameworks and effect on adsorption of toxic chemicals

Y Chen, X Zhang, MR Mian, FA Son… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
While linkers with various conformations pose challenges in the design and prediction of
metal–organic framework (MOF) structures, they ultimately provide great opportunities for …

In situ observation of a stepwise [2+ 2] photocycloaddition process using fluorescence spectroscopy

MF Wang, YH Deng, YX Hong, JH Gu, YY Cao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Using highly sensitive and selective in situ techniques to investigate the dynamics of
intermediates formation is key to better understand reaction mechanisms. However …