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23 Citations
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26 Pages

18 May 2022

Supramolecular metal–organic cages, a class of molecular containers formed via coordination-driven self-assembly, have attracted sustained attention for their applications in catalysis, due to their structural aesthetics and unique properties....

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85 Citations
22,449 Views
23 Pages

Metal–Organic Framework Hybrid Materials and Their Applications

  • Joshua D. Sosa,
  • Timothy F. Bennett,
  • Katherine J. Nelms,
  • Brandon M. Liu,
  • Roberto C. Tovar and
  • Yangyang Liu

14 August 2018

The inherent porous nature and facile tunability of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) make them ideal candidates for use in multiple fields. MOF hybrid materials are derived from existing MOFs hybridized with other materials or small molecules us...

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41 Citations
7,852 Views
27 Pages

24 January 2020

The determination of organic and inorganic pollutants in fish samples is a complex and demanding process, due to their high protein and fat content. Various novel sorbents including graphene, graphene oxide, molecular imprinted polymers, carbon nanot...

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7 Citations
3,105 Views
15 Pages

21 October 2021

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as a class of crystalline materials are constructed using metal nodes and organic spacers. Polydentate N-donor ligands play a mainstay-type role in the construction of metal−organic frameworks, especially cationic MOFs...

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35 Citations
2,088 Views
19 Pages

Computation of Entropy Measures for Metal-Organic Frameworks

  • Muhammad Imran,
  • Abdul Rauf Khan,
  • Mohamad Nazri Husin,
  • Fairouz Tchier,
  • Muhammad Usman Ghani and
  • Shahid Hussain

13 June 2023

Entropy is a thermodynamic function used in chemistry to determine the disorder and irregularities of molecules in a specific system or process. It does this by calculating the possible configurations for each molecule. It is applicable to numerous i...

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2,164 Views
5 Pages

21 November 2022

Among the water pollution sources, heavy metals are considered the most hazardous because of their high toxicity to human health and their ability to badly damage the kidneys, brain, and nerves, as well as cause birth defects. Based on the promising...

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46 Citations
6,505 Views
23 Pages

17 August 2022

In the field of photocatalysis, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have drawn a lot of attention. MOFs have a number of advantages over conventional semiconductors, including high specific surface area, large number of active sites, and an easily tunabl...

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1,622 Views
29 Pages

Metal–Organic Frameworks for Seawater Electrolysis and Hydrogen Production: A Review

  • Ivelina Tsacheva,
  • Mehmet Suha Yazici,
  • Abdul Hanif Mahadi,
  • Aytekin Uzunoglu and
  • Dzhamal Uzun

Electrolysis utilizing renewable electricity is an environmentally friendly, non-polluting, and sustainable method of hydrogen production. Seawater is the most desirable and inexpensive electrolyte for this process to achieve commercial acceptance co...

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5 Citations
5,151 Views
68 Pages

29 September 2024

This overview provides insights into organic and metal–organic polymer (OMOP) catalysts aimed at processes carried out in the liquid phase. Various types of polymers are discussed, including vinyl (various functional poly(styrene-co-divinylbenz...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,244 Views
17 Pages

From Discrete Complexes to Metal–Organic Layered Materials: Remarkable Hydrogen Bonding Frameworks

  • Carla Queirós,
  • Ana M. G. Silva,
  • Baltazar de Castro and
  • Luís Cunha-Silva

16 March 2020

A series of metal–organic coordination complexes based on alkaline-earth metal centers [Mg(II), Ca(II), and Ba(II)] and the ligand 5-aminoisophthalate (aip2−) revealed notable structural diversity, both in the materials’ dimensional...

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43 Citations
7,576 Views
25 Pages

Tunable Metal–Organic Frameworks for Heat Transformation Applications

  • Somboon Chaemchuen,
  • Xuan Xiao,
  • Nikom Klomkliang,
  • Mekhman S. Yusubov and
  • Francis Verpoort

26 August 2018

Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are a subclass of porous materials that have unique properties, such as varieties of structures from different metals and organic linkers and tunable porosity from a structure or framework design. Moreover, modif...

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13 Citations
5,227 Views
23 Pages

27 August 2023

Controlling the indoor air (volatile organic compound) VOCs concentration plays an important role in creating a healthy and comfortable living environment. Comparing several VOCs purification measures, solid adsorption is found to be a promising air...

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26 Citations
7,722 Views
23 Pages

Encapsulation of Metal Nanoparticles within Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Reduction of Nitro Compounds

  • Sergio Navalón,
  • Mercedes Álvaro,
  • Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy and
  • Hermenegildo García

22 August 2019

Nitro group reduction is a reaction of a considerable importance for the preparation of bulk chemicals and in organic synthesis. There are reports in the literature showing that incorporation of metal nanoparticles (MNPs) inside metal–organic f...

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72 Citations
7,851 Views
21 Pages

Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks in Food Sample Preparation

  • Natalia Manousi,
  • George A. Zachariadis,
  • Eleni A. Deliyanni and
  • Victoria F. Samanidou

6 November 2018

Food samples such as milk, beverages, meat and chicken products, fish, etc. are complex and demanding matrices. Various novel materials such as molecular imprinted polymers (MIPs), carbon-based nanomaterials carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide and metal...

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74 Citations
11,833 Views
32 Pages

Recent Bio-Advances in Metal-Organic Frameworks

  • Isobel Tibbetts and
  • George E. Kostakis

12 March 2020

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have found uses in adsorption, catalysis, gas storage and other industrial applications. Metal Biomolecule Frameworks (bioMOFs) represent an overlap between inorganic, material and medicinal sciences, utilising the por...

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17 Citations
4,741 Views
25 Pages

29 June 2023

Ligands with a purely aliphatic backbone are receiving rising attention in the chemistry of coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks. Such unique features inherent to the aliphatic bridges as increased conformational freedom, non-pola...

  • Communication
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27 Citations
4,909 Views
6 Pages

Combining Organic and Inorganic Wastes to Form Metal–Organic Frameworks

  • Eléonore Lagae-Capelle,
  • Marine Cognet,
  • Srinivasan Madhavi,
  • Michaël Carboni and
  • Daniel Meyer

17 January 2020

This paper reports a simple method to recycle plastic-bottle and Li-ion-battery waste in one process by forming valuable coordination polymers (metal–organic frameworks, MOFs). Poly(ethylene terephthalate) from plastic bottles was depolymerized...

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2 Citations
2,915 Views
14 Pages

Synthesis of a Tetrahedral Metal–Organic Supramolecular Cage with Dendritic Carbazole Arms

  • Juanzi Lianglu,
  • Weinan Hu,
  • Xinju Zhu,
  • Hong-Yu Zhang,
  • Linlin Shi,
  • Xin-Qi Hao and
  • Mao-Ping Song

8 December 2022

In recent years, incredible endeavors have been devoted to the design and self-assembly of discrete metal–organic cages (MOCs) with expanding intricacy and functionality. The controlled synthesis of metal–organic supramolecular cages with...

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58 Citations
11,334 Views
39 Pages

Metal–Organic Frameworks-Based Catalysts for Biomass Processing

  • Vera I. Isaeva,
  • Oleg M. Nefedov and
  • Leonid M. Kustov

31 August 2018

Currently, metal–organic frame works (MOFs) as novel hybrid nanoporous materials are a top research interest, including endeavors in heterogeneous catalysis. MOF materials are promising heterogeneous catalytic systems due to their unique charac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,072 Views
11 Pages

On the Synthesis and Characterization of Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks

  • Andrius Laurikenas,
  • Aldona Beganskiene and
  • Aivaras Kareiva

12 June 2018

In this study, lanthanide metal-organic frameworks Ln(BTC)(DMF)2(H2O) (LnMOFs) are synthesized using the metal nitrates as lanthanide (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu) source and 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (BTC) as a c...

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24 Citations
5,439 Views
21 Pages

Metal-Organic Frameworks in Bioanalysis: Extraction of Small Organic Molecules

  • Natalia Manousi,
  • Orfeas-Evangelos Plastiras,
  • Natasa P. Kalogiouri,
  • Constantinos K. Zacharis and
  • George A. Zachariadis

The quantitative determination of xenobiotic compounds, as well as biotics in biological matrices, is generally described with the term bioanalysis. Due to the complexity of biofluids, in combination with the low concentration of the small molecules,...

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65 Citations
6,049 Views
23 Pages

29 July 2020

Heavy metals are inorganic pollutants which pose a serious threat to human and environmental safety, and their effective removal is becoming an increasingly urgent issue. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a novel group of crystalline porous m...

  • Review
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15 Citations
3,991 Views
31 Pages

Progressive Insights into Metal-Organic Frameworks and Metal-Organic Framework-Membrane Composite Systems for Wastewater Management

  • Jilong Han,
  • Hanya Zhang,
  • Yuheng Fan,
  • Lilong Zhou,
  • Zhikun Zhang,
  • Pengfei Li,
  • Zhengjie Li,
  • Yongsheng Du and
  • Qingfen Meng

The sustainable management of wastewater through recycling and utilization stands as a pressing concern in the trajectory of societal advancement. Prioritizing the elimination of diverse organic contaminants is paramount in wastewater treatment, garn...

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11 Citations
5,094 Views
24 Pages

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging class of ordered porous materials consisting of metal clusters and organic ligands. High porosity, adjustable topology, composition and structural diversity have earned MOFs extensive popularity in various...

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121 Citations
14,464 Views
21 Pages

Metal-Organic Frameworks in Green Analytical Chemistry

  • Priscilla Rocío-Bautista,
  • Iván Taima-Mancera,
  • Jorge Pasán and
  • Verónica Pino

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous hybrid materials composed of metal ions and organic linkers, characterized by their crystallinity and by the highest known surface areas. MOFs structures present accessible cages, tunnels and modifiable pore...

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32 Citations
4,905 Views
16 Pages

Cyclodextrins Modified/Coated Metal–Organic Frameworks

  • Huacheng Zhang,
  • Zhaona Liu and
  • Jian Shen

11 March 2020

Recent progress about a novel organic–inorganic hybrid materials, namely cyclodextrins (CDs) modified/coated metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is summarized by using a special categorization method focusing on the interactions between CDs a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,894 Views
10 Pages

Microwave Assisted Surfactant-Thermal Synthesis of Metal-Organic Framework Materials

  • Cory Forsyth,
  • Tyler Taras,
  • Adam Johnson,
  • Jessica Zagari,
  • Crystal Collado,
  • Markus M. Hoffmann and
  • Carly R. Reed

30 June 2020

This research explores the application of surfactants as green solvents for the rapid microwave synthesis of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials. Lead, copper, and iron metal-organic framework materials were synthesized using surfactant-thermal m...

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35 Citations
6,044 Views
25 Pages

The Application of Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives for Supercapacitors

  • Simin Huang,
  • Xue-Rong Shi,
  • Chunyan Sun,
  • Zhichang Duan,
  • Pan Ma and
  • Shusheng Xu

16 November 2020

Supercapacitors (SCs), one of the most popular types of energy-storage devices, present lots of advantages, such as large power density and fast charge/discharge capability. Being the promising SCs electrode materials, metal–organic frameworks...

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2,979 Views
22 Pages

Advancements in Metal–Organic Framework Materials for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

  • Jilong Zheng,
  • Xueli Yan,
  • Xiaojuan Guo,
  • Xinyi Wang,
  • Shanfa Tang and
  • Maochang Liu

21 February 2025

In recent years, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have garnered significant attention as highly efficient catalysts for CO2 photoreduction, owing to their unique electronic configurations and exceptional CO2 adsorption properties. This review pr...

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2 Citations
3,883 Views
35 Pages

Advances in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Rechargeable Batteries and Fuel Cells

  • Christos Argirusis,
  • Niyaz Alizadeh,
  • Maria-Εleni Katsanou,
  • Nikolaos Argirusis and
  • Georgia Sourkouni

The growing demand for energy, coupled with the unsustainable nature of fossil fuels due to global warming and the greenhouse effect, have led to the advancement of renewable energy production concepts. Innovations such as photovoltaics, wind energy,...

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106 Citations
12,992 Views
36 Pages

Rotational Dynamics of Linkers in Metal–Organic Frameworks

  • Adrian Gonzalez-Nelson,
  • François-Xavier Coudert and
  • Monique A. van der Veen

Among the numerous fascinating properties of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), their rotational dynamics is perhaps one of the most intriguing, with clear consequences for adsorption and separation of molecules, as well as for optical and mechan...

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17 Citations
5,346 Views
16 Pages

Application of Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in Environmental Biosystems

  • Lu Zhang,
  • Qingwen Zheng,
  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Huidong Li,
  • Xue Liu,
  • Jinzhi Sun and
  • Ruiwen Wang

21 January 2023

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline materials that are formed by self-assembling organic linkers and metal ions with large specific areas and pore volumes. Their chemical tunability, structural diversity, and tailor-ability make the...

  • Proceeding Paper
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2,246 Views
5 Pages

Synthesis of a Novel Porphyrin-Based Metal–Organic Framework (Co-Por MOF)

  • Leyla Tayebi,
  • Rahmatollah Rahimi and
  • Mahboubeh Rabbani

14 November 2019

In this study, a novel porphyrin-based metal–organic framework (Co-Por MOF) was successfully synthesized by a simple one-step solvothermal method. We report a metal–organic framework based on the covalent interaction of an organic linker, 5,10,15,20-...

  • Proceeding Paper
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3,509 Views
9 Pages

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an evolving class of crystalline porous materials made of organic linkers and metallic nodes. The rich chemistry of MOFs allows them to have an almost infinite number of possible structures. Consequently, they have...

  • Review
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2,968 Views
29 Pages

Metal-Organic Cages Based on Phosphorescent Organometallics

  • Yunliang Yu,
  • Xiaoxia Wang,
  • Yuliang Liu and
  • Chao Zou

14 November 2023

During the last two decades, metal-organic cages (MOCs) have been extensively investigated and well documented. Meanwhile, phosphorescent MOCs have emerged as a kind of new MOC material but have not been given much attention. The diversity of their s...

  • Article
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20 Citations
5,514 Views
10 Pages

Metal nanomaterials have been reported as effective absorbents for the removal of pollutants in the water system, but the release of ions from these nanomaterials brings another concern. Herein, silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) were encapsulated in porous...

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49 Citations
11,041 Views
31 Pages

Flexibility in Metal–Organic Frameworks: A Basic Understanding

  • Noor Aljammal,
  • Christia Jabbour,
  • Somboon Chaemchuen,
  • Tatjána Juzsakova and
  • Francis Verpoort

6 June 2019

Much has been written about the fundamental aspects of the metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Still, details concerning the MOFs with structural flexibility are not comprehensively understood. However, a dramatic increase in research activities c...

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9 Citations
3,744 Views
17 Pages

Electrochemical glucose sensors play a crucial role in medicine, bioscience, food science, and agricultural science. Metal–organic frameworks possess exceptional properties, such as large specific surface area, high porosity, tunable pore struc...

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89 Citations
15,538 Views
44 Pages

Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) Applied to Photocatalytic Organic Transformations

  • Alberto López-Magano,
  • Alicia Jiménez-Almarza,
  • Jose Alemán and
  • Rubén Mas-Ballesté

27 June 2020

Among the different alternatives for catalysis using metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) or covalent organic frameworks (COFs), photocatalysis has remarkably evolved during the last decade. Photocatalytic reticular materials allowed recyclability a...

  • Review
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68 Citations
9,523 Views
21 Pages

12 November 2018

The focus of discussion of this review is the application of the most recent synthesized hydrophobic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The most promising hydrophobic MOFs are mentioned with their applications and discussed. The various MOFs considered...

  • Article
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3 Citations
2,373 Views
12 Pages

Tribological Properties of Polyimide Composites Modified with Diamondoid Metal–Organic Frameworks

  • Zihui Yu,
  • Xianqiang Pei,
  • Qianyao Pei,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Zhancheng Zhang,
  • Yaoming Zhang,
  • Qihua Wang and
  • Tingmei Wang

14 March 2024

In this work, diamondoid metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were efficiently prepared by sonochemical synthesis and grown on polyimide (PI), aiming to improve the anti-wear performance of the PI matrix. By introducing MOFs into the PI matrix, the free m...

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18 Citations
7,292 Views
12 Pages

Metal-Organic Frameworks to Metal/Metal Oxide Embedded Carbon Matrix: Synthesis, Characterization and Gas Sorption Properties

  • Jiun-Jen Chen,
  • Ya-Ting Chen,
  • Duraisamy Senthil Raja,
  • Yu-Hao Kang,
  • Pen-Chang Tseng and
  • Chia-Her Lin

19 August 2015

Three isostructural metal-organic frameworks, (MOFs), [Fe(OH)(1,4-NDC)] (1), [Al(OH)(1,4-NDC)] (2), and [In(OH)(1,4-NDC)] (3) have been synthesized hydrothermally by using 1,4-naphthalene dicarboxylate (1,4-NDC) as a linker. The MOFs were characteriz...

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62 Citations
10,423 Views
28 Pages

2 November 2022

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a major threat to human life and health. The technologies currently used to remove VOCs mainly include adsorption and photocatalysis. Adsorption is the most straightforward strategy, but it cannot ultimately elim...

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233 Citations
19,730 Views
11 Pages

12 May 2017

In the past decade, advances in electrically conductive metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and MOF-based electronic devices have created new opportunities for the development of next-generation sensors. Here we review this rapidly-growing field, with a...

  • Review
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24 Citations
6,023 Views
30 Pages

1 June 2024

Environmental pollution caused by organic effluents emitted by industry has become a worldwide issue and poses a serious threat to the public and the ecosystem. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), comprising metal-containing clusters and organic b...

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317 Citations
24,121 Views
32 Pages

9 January 2021

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 sub-class of coordination polymers and can be extended into one-dimensi...

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24 Citations
11,957 Views
26 Pages

Metal–Organic Frameworks as Versatile Platforms for Organometallic Chemistry

  • Fan Chen,
  • Hannah F. Drake,
  • Liang Feng,
  • Joshua A. Powell,
  • Kun-Yu Wang,
  • Tian-Hao Yan and
  • Hong-Cai Zhou

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging porous materials with highly tunable structures developed in the 1990s, while organometallic chemistry is of fundamental importance for catalytic transformation in the academic and industrial world for man...

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151 Citations
18,899 Views
16 Pages

Metal-Organic Framework (MOF)/Epoxy Coatings: A Review

  • Farzad Seidi,
  • Maryam Jouyandeh,
  • Mohsen Taghizadeh,
  • Ali Taghizadeh,
  • Henri Vahabi,
  • Sajjad Habibzadeh,
  • Krzysztof Formela and
  • Mohammad Reza Saeb

26 June 2020

Epoxy coatings are developing fast in order to meet the requirements of advanced materials and systems. Progress in nanomaterial science and technology has opened a new era of engineering for tailoring the bulk and surface properties of organic coati...

  • Article
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18 Citations
3,973 Views
10 Pages

Tunable Ammonia Adsorption within Metal–Organic Frameworks with Different Unsaturated Metal Sites

  • Dongli Zhang,
  • Yujun Shen,
  • Jingtao Ding,
  • Haibin Zhou,
  • Yuehong Zhang,
  • Qikun Feng,
  • Xi Zhang,
  • Kun Chen,
  • Jian Wang and
  • Qiongyi Chen
  • + 2 authors

14 November 2022

Ammonia (NH3) emissions during agricultural production can cause serious consequences on animal and human health, and it is quite vital to develop high-efficiency adsorbents for NH3 removal from emission sources or air. Porous metal–organic fra...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
882 Views
8 Pages

6 June 2025

Recently, the emerging class of hydroxamate-based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has demonstrated significant structural diversity and chemical robustness, both essential for potential applications. Combining the favorable hard–hard Bi-O...

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