Open AccessDifferent synthetic approaches, design and applications of metal–organic frameworks with selected organic ligands
Author(s) -
Ubaidullah Hj Mat Yassin,
Malai Haniti S. A. Hamid,
Zainab Ngaini,
Ai Ling Tan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
scientia bruneiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-9498
pISSN - 1819-9550
DOI - 10.46537/scibru.v18i2.107
Subject(s) - metal organic framework , imine , lanthanide , carboxylate , molecule , adsorption , combinatorial chemistry , transition metal , chemistry , materials science , organic molecules , catalysis , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , ion
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) bearing a number of organic ligands of various functional groups and substituents give rise to MOFs of unique crystal structures and topologies. A number of potential applications have been considered for these materials in a wide array of scientific fields, such as in the adsorption of industrially-relevant gases, as heterogeneous catalysts for various organic reactions, as photoluminescent materials, and as antibacterial agents. This review highlights the utility of select groups of organic ligands in the assembly of main group metals, transition metals, as well as lanthanides and actinides, to generate MOFs of diverse structures in the solid state, with special attention paid on ligands bearing the carboxylate-, pyridyl-, ether-, imine (Schiff base) moieties, as well as mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs).