Recent Progress in Mixed-Metal Metal–Organic Framework: Synthesis, Characterization, Properties, and Their Magnetic Properties
A special issue of Magnetochemistry (ISSN 2312-7481). This special issue belongs to the section "Magnetic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2025 | Viewed by 101
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, significant progress has been made in addressing the inherent challenges of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), particularly through successfully incorporating heterometallic ions in the frameworks’ secondary building units (SBUs) using various synthetic processes. Mixed-metal metal–organic frameworks (MM-MOFs) have shown promise in enhancing the physicochemical properties of traditional MOFs, leading to exceptional performance in multiple applications such as gas adsorption/separation, heterogeneous catalysis, and as materials for cathodes, anodes, photosensitizers, and sensors. Notably, the incorporation of diverse metal centers in MM-MOFs has opened up opportunities to tailor magnetic properties, resulting in frameworks with tunable magnetic behavior ranging from paramagnetism to ferromagnetism. This ability to customize magnetic interactions through metal selection and coordination geometry has made MM-MOFs particularly appealing for applications in magnetic sensing, data storage, and spintronic devices. Despite the early stage of research in this field, there is a need for regular updates on the recent trends and groundbreaking achievements in the design, synthesis, fabrication, and application of MM-MOFs, particularly in exploiting their magnetic properties alongside traditional functionalities.
Dr. Islam Hussein
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)
- mixed-metal metal–organic frameworks
- magnetic properties
- coordination polymers
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