“…Amidst various stimuli-responsive “smart” MOFs, thermochromic MOFs, which change their color under temperature stimuli, have many technological applications in fields such as smart coatings, temperature indication, displays, optical switches, sensing, health monitoring, anti-counterfeiting, information encryption, textile industry, and daily decoration. − To date, there are mainly four types of MOF-based materials having potential for application as thermochromic “smart” materials: (i) luminescent guest@MOF composites; , (ii) lanthanide MOFs; − (iii) copper(I)-iodide-cluster MOFs; − and (iv) transition-metal based MOFs. − Among these materials, transition-metal-based MOFs are considered as good candidates for application as visual thermochromic “smart” materials because of the following: (i) Transition-metal complexes can manifest a wide range of colors, which has long fascinated chemists. The color produced by d–d electron transitions between energy levels of transition-metal ions in a coordination compound falls within the visible spectroscopy region.…”