Advances in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Dear Colleagues,

With extremely high porosity (up to 90% free volume) and massive interior surface areas, exceeding 6000 m²/g, metal–organic frameworks, or MOFs, have become a diverse class of crystalline materials. These characteristics make MOFs interesting for potential applications in clean energy, most notably as storage media for gases such as hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane and as high-capacity adsorbents to meet different separation needs. These characteristics, along with the extraordinary degree of variability for both the organic and inorganic components of their structures, also make MOFs interesting. The importance of further applications in catalysis for organic transformations, medicine, semiconductors, sensors, and value-added chemicals is rising.

Fundamentally, MOFs represent the power of uniting organic and inorganic chemistry, two fields that are frequently seen as being incompatible with one another, as well as the beauty of chemical structures. This area of chemistry has grown in a nearly unprecedented way since the 1990s. Although the number of review papers and articles has increased over the past ten years, we think that this thematic issue of Organics—which includes the most recent contributions from top MOF researchers worldwide—is vital to comprehensively document or update the advancements made to date. The issue covers a wide range of topics as highlighted in the keywords. As a result, we anticipate that it will be a useful tool for both seasoned researchers and those just starting out.

Dr. Ravi Varala
Prof. Dr. Bollikolla Hari Babu
Guest Editors

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• synthesis of MOFs
• applications of MOFs
• catalysts for organic transformations
• value-added chemicals
• water quality management
• hydrogen storage (energy)
• CO₂ capture
• sensors
• medicine
• semi-conductors
• miscellaneous reactions