Purposeful Assembly and Versatile Applications of Advanced Crystalline Frameworks
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 32
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metal-organic framework; functional coordination polymers; post-synthesis and functionalization; luminescent sensor
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Dear Colleagues,
Crystalline framework materials, including metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs), are composed of building blocks arranged periodically. Benefiting from the outstanding structural characteristics of high crystallinity, high porosity, and large specific surface area, crystalline framework materials display great potential as functional materials. Generally, the overall performance of framework materials is fundamentally determined by their inherent structure, which, in turn, is ultimately dictated by the arrangement of their building blocks. In order to achieve the functionalization of framework materials, the rational selection and assembly of building blocks are of utmost importance. In addition, the post-synthetic modification strategy (PMS) also plays a crucial role in the fabrication of framework-based functional materials. There are three common PMS methods: (i) using the coordination or organic reactions between potential active sites in frameworks and metal ions or reactive groups; (ii) encapsulating functional centers within the confined spaces of the frameworks; (iii) combining with other materials to achieve functional frameworks. The ligand pre-design strategy as well as the PMS endows frameworks great potential in the fields of adsorption, separation, sensing, catalysis, improving their functionality, and achieving their functionalization. Thus, this Special Issue will focus on the topic of purposeful assembly and versatile applications of advanced crystalline frameworks and devote itself to the dissemination of research into the design of framework-based functional materials and their wide applications. Various advanced studies regarding the exploration of framework-based functional materials will be covered in our Special Issue. Novel and facile strategies to construct framework-based functional materials are also welcome.
Dr. Liming Fan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal–organic frameworks
- covalent organic frameworks
- hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks
- post-synthetic modification strategy
- composite materials
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