Novel Covalent Organic Frameworks: Design, Synthesis and Properties
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Porous Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 November 2021) | Viewed by 5205
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) are two- and three-dimensional crystalline microporous organic solids synthesized from organic building blocks via covalent bonds. Distinct from other polymers is the ability to predesign the monomers to incorporate functionality and the shapes and sizes of the pores in the materials. The potential applications of these materials include gas separation and storage, water purification, organic solvent separation, catalysis, battery technologies, and electrochemistry. Compared with their counterparts (metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolites, and porous polymers), the great variety offered by the design of monomers and their assembly allows for the systematic modification of their chemical composition, the pore functionalization, and the pore size, all of which affect their properties.
This Special Issue focuses on the design, synthesis, properties, and emerging applications of COFs. Articles describing unique designs and syntheses with the relationships between molecular structures and properties along with modern theoretical methods are welcome.
Prof. Dr. John Hoberg
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- covalent organic frameworks (COFs)
- design and synthesis of COFs
- computational studies on COFs
- applications of COFs
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