A periodic table of metal-organic frameworks

Metal‐Organic Frameworks and Metal‐Organic Cages – A Perspective

“…Using this strategy, many highly complex frameworks have been developed, [5] and the diversity of MOFs is extraordinary, with increasing levels of functionality being incorporated into the resulting materials. [6] The building-block approach and development of reticular chemistry has led to in excess of over 70,000 reported MOF crystal structures by 2016, [7] a number which is now significantly larger and supplemented by materials for which crystal structures have not been reported.…”

“…[8] Such ligands can be termed 'exodentate', i. e. they have donor atoms oriented outwards to promote bridging between centres. Metals from across the periodic table have been investigated for the formation of MOFs, [6] but first row d-block cations, such as Zn(II) and Cu(II), have received particular focus due to their labile nature [13] which facilitates growth of crystals suitable for single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) studies. However, the nature of the building-block approach means that no metal is impossible to use in MOF formation and amongst naturally occurring metals it is difficult to find a metal that has not been investigated.…”

Atoms and the void: modular construction of ordered porous solids

“…These insights have triggered the explosive development of new post-zeolitic materials with unprecedented porosity, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) [20][21][22] , covalent organic frameworks (COFs) [23][24][25][26][27][28] , and hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) [29][30][31][32] . Much of this work has been carried out during the last decade.…”

Cinnamal Sensing and Luminescence Color Tuning in a Series of Rare-Earth Metal−Organic Frameworks with Trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate

“…Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are an important class of coordination compounds extensively investigated during the last two decades. The porosity of MOFs could be systematically tuned in a wide range by variation of the topology and the length of the organic linker [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ], while some of the physical properties of the framework mainly depend on the nature of metal centers [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. Particularly, lanthanide coordination compounds are widely studied in magnetic and luminescent applications due to the unique electron configuration of the corresponding Ln(III) cations [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ].…”