Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for the removal of emerging contaminants from aquatic environments

Performance of metal–organic frameworks for the adsorptive removal of potentially toxic elements in a water system: a critical review

“…Recent adsorbent research has focused on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), highly ordered, crystalline, and porous materials, known as for their extraordinary performances in remediating various contaminants. [14][15][16][17] Similar to nanomaterials, MOFs are useful in many different applications. However, MOFs have poor stability in water, which hampers their use in adsorption of contaminants in water.…”

“…To be viable in practical water treatment applications, an adsorbent must remove contaminants quickly, have a high adsorption capacity, remove a broad range of contaminants, and be reusable. 15,18 The diverse nature, high surface area, tunable pore size, and high porosity of MOFs make them more attractive for water treatment than other materials, for instance activated carbon, biochar, zeolites, nanomaterials, and chitosan beads. 15 Table 3 shows the results of comparative studies indicating that MOFs have the best adsorption capacity for selected emerging contaminants (ECs).…”

Synthesis of a semi-conductor-like MOF with black phosphorous as a composite for visible light-driven photocatalysis

“…11 These intriguing features have triumphed the implementation of MOFs in gas storage, catalysis, segregation of uids including water purication. 12 A great amount of research has been done to enhance the necessary conditions for introduction of new or improved functionalities of structural prole and permanent permeable framework of MOFs to broaden applications towards magnetic and electronic devices, proton conduction, biomedicine supercapacitors, sensors and rechargeable lithium ion batteries. 13 Numerous MOF structures with exceptional porosity have been presented and most of them are built from divalent cations such as Zn 2+ , Cd 2+ , Cu 2+ .…”

Physical and chemical reaction sensing in a mixed aqueous solution via metal‐organic framework thin‐film coated optical fiber

“…Metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) are made of crystalline hybrid materials which are interconnected with metal ions/clusters by organic linkers. MOFs have attracted significant interests for water purification purposes due to their specific high porosity, tunable pore size, large surface area, and versatile surface functionality . Here, we made up a new sensor by coating UiO‐66 MOF at the tip (end face) of an SMF‐28 in order to in situ detect specific substances of water .…”

“…MOFs have attracted significant interests for water purification purposes due to their specific high porosity, tunable pore size, large surface area, and versatile surface functionality. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Here, we made up a new sensor by coating UiO-66 MOF at the tip (end face) of an SMF-28 in order to in situ detect specific substances of water. 11,12 To the best of our knowledge, there are no other reports of physical and chemical reaction sensing in a mixed aqueous solution via MOF thin-film coated optical fiber.…”