Atypical Hybrid Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs): A Combinative Process for MOF-on-MOF Growth,Etching, and Structure Transformation

The structural, compositional, and morphological features of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) govern their properties and applications. Construction of hybrid MOFs with complicated structures, components, or morphologies is significant for the development of well-organized MOFs. An advanced route is reported for construction of atypical hybrid MOFs with unique morphologies and complicated components: 1) MOF-on-MOF growth of a 3D zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) on a ZIF-L template, 2) etching of a part of the 2D ZIF-L template, and 3) structural transformation of 2D ZIF-L into 3D ZIF. The formation of core–shell-type MOF rings and plates is controlled by regulating the three processes. The formation route for the core–shell-type MOF rings and plates was monitored by tracking changes in morphology, structure, and composition. Carbon materials prepared from the pyrolysis of the core–shell-type hybrid MOFs displayed enhanced oxygen reduction reaction activities compared to their monomeric counterparts.     

Atypical Hybrid Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs): A Combinative Process for MOF‐on‐MOF Growth,Etching, and Structure Transformation

The structural, compositional, and morphological features of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) govern their properties and applications. Construction of hybrid MOFs with complicated structures, components, or morphologies is significant for the development of well‐organized MOFs. An advanced route is reported for construction of atypical hybrid MOFs with unique morphologies and complicated components: 1) MOF‐on‐MOF growth of a 3D zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) on a ZIF‐L template, 2) etching of a part of the 2D ZIF‐L template, and 3) structural transformation of 2D ZIF‐L into 3D ZIF. The formation of core–shell‐type MOF rings and plates is controlled by regulating the three processes. The formation route for the core–shell‐type MOF rings and plates was monitored by tracking changes in morphology, structure, and composition. Carbon materials prepared from the pyrolysis of the core–shell‐type hybrid MOFs displayed enhanced oxygen reduction reaction activities compared to their monomeric counterparts.     

Direct Observation of the Distribution of Gelatin in Calcium Carbonate Crystals by Super‐Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

Biological organic–inorganic hybrid materials often achieve excellent properties and provide inspiration for the design of advanced materials. The organic phase plays a key role in determining the properties of biogenic materials, and the spatial arrangement of organic and inorganic phases provides direct evidence for interaction between the two phases. Super‐resolution fluorescence microscopy was used to visualize the gelatin distribution in two different crystalline polymorphs of calcium carbonate (vaterite and calcite) and to investigate the process by which gelatin is excluded from the crystals. The results demonstrated that gelatin is distributed through vaterite microspheres in the form of nanoparticles, whereas it tends to accumulate on the edges of the calcite rhombohedra.     

Recent advances in the application of metal organic frameworks using in advanced oxidation progresses for pollutants degradation

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) materials with highly ordered and porous crystalline structure, have excellent performance in advanced oxidation progresses (AOPs) for organic contaminants degradation in water treatment. This review intends to summarize the timely references and insights for the recent advances in MOFs that are used in AOPs. Starting with the preparation methodologies, including conventional hydrothermal method, electrochemical method, sol-gel method, and emerging microwave and ultrasound assisted synthesis methods. Application and mechanism for MOFs using in various AOPs of Fenton-like, photocatalysis, catalytic ozonation, persulfate catalysis and other emerging oxidation methods are emphatically discussed. We hope this review can comprehensively summarize the research and application progress of MOFs in AOPs, deepen the understanding of the catalytic mechanisms.     

Self-assembly of 3p-Block Metal-based Metal-Organic Frameworks from Structural Perspective

Metal-organic frameworks(MOFs) are a class of porous inorganic-organic hybrid materials, which are constructed from diverse inorganic building units and multi-functional organic ligands. Highly ordered pore structures and tailored functionalization have made MOF materials potential for applications in many fields. Among various MOF materials, 3p-block metal(Al, Ga, and In)-based MOFs exhibit higher chemical stability than divalent transition metal-based MOFs due to their higher valence. In this review, Al-MOFs and In-MOFs were mainly discussed from the perspective of categories of inorganic building blocks, coordination types, and numbers of organic ligands. This review will give intuitive guidance to the design and synthesis of novel 3p-block metal-based MOFs with potential applications.     

羧酸类金属有机框架材料的合成及应用

金属-有机框架材料(Metal-Organic?Frameworks,简称MOFs)是由金属离子（簇）与有机桥接配体通过配位共价键或弱相互作用自组装形成的一类具有分子内孔隙的有机-无机杂化材料。羧酸类MOFs材料中金属中心和有机羧酸配体的可变性导致了其结构和功能的多样性,在气体的吸附与分离、荧光、传感、药物传输以及电催化等多个领域展现了独特的应用前景,并被认为是当今科学上最有前途的材料之一。对于有机配体的选择,从早期易坍塌的含氮杂环类配体过渡到了如今稳定性好的羧酸类配体,解决了不少以前出现的MOFs材料结构单一易坍塌问题。     

Preparation of magnetic core mesoporous shell microspheres with C18-modified interior pore-walls for fast extraction and analysis of phthalates in water samples

In this study, core-shell magnetic mesoporous microspheres with C18-functionalized interior pore-walls were synthesized through coating Fe(3)O(4) microspheres with a mesoporous inorganic-organic hybrid layer with a n-octadecyltriethoxysilane (C18TES) and tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as the silica source and cetyltrimethylammonia bromide (CTAB) as a template. The obtained C18-functionalized Fe(3)O(4)@mSiO(2) microspheres possess numerous C18 groups anchored in the interior pore-walls, large surface area (274.7 m(2)/g, high magnetization (40.8 emu/g) and superparamagnetism, uniform mesopores (4.1 nm), which makes them ideal absorbents for simple, fast, and efficient extraction and enrichment of hydrophobic organic compounds in water samples. Several kinds of phthalates were used as the model hydrophobic organic compounds to systematically evaluate the performance of the C18-functionalized Fe(3)O(4)@mSiO(2) microspheres in extracting hydrophobic molecules by using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Various parameters, including eluting solvent, the amounts of absorbents, extraction time and elution time were optimized. Hydrophobic extraction was performed in the interior pore of magnetic mesoporous microspheres, and the materials had the anti-interference ability to macromolecular proteins, which was also investigated in the work. Under the optimized conditions, C18-functionalized Fe(3)O(4)@mSiO(2) microspheres were successfully used to analyze the real water samples. The results indicated that this novel method was fast, convenient and efficient for the target compounds and could avoid being interfered by macromolecules.     

白光型金属有机框架材料的最新研究进展

金属有机框架化合物（MOFs）是一类备受关注的多功能杂化材料,结构的多样性使其表现出各种发光性能。尤其是环境友好、使用寿命长、效率高的白光MOFs材料的出现为新型发光MOFs的设计和制备提供了契机。我们旨在总结白光MOFs的最新研究进展,着重对其合成方法及应用进行综述,主要包括镧系离子共掺杂、镧系元素封装或有机分子捕获等获得可调控的白光MOFs的方法及其在温度、分子和金属离子传感器等领域的潜在应用。同时,针对白光MOFs材料面临的挑战和未来发展也进行了梳理。以期引起设计和构建新型发光MOFs的研究人员的关注与兴趣。     

Construction of NH2-MIL-125(Ti) nanoplates modified Bi2WO6 microspheres with boosted visible-light photocatalytic activity

Photoactive metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have proven to be a promising porous material in the field of catalysis. Controllable integration of these MOFs with inorganic semiconductor materials may endow new multifunctional hybrid materials with preferable photocatalytic properties. In this research, NH₂-MIL-125(Ti) nanoplates modified Bi₂WO₆ microspheres was prepared via a simple solvothermal method. The photocatalytic behaviors of the acquired catalysts was evaluated via the degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride (TC) under visible light. The experimental results showed that NH₂-MIL-125(Ti)/Bi₂WO₆ composites display higher photocatalytic activity than that of single Bi₂WO₆, and the ideal incorporation amount of NH₂-MIL-125(Ti) was around 5 wt%. The steady state fluorescence spectrum, transient photocurrents and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy verified that the introduction of NH₂-MIL-125(Ti) could accelerate the separation and transfer of photogenerated carriers and thus improve the photocatalytic activity of Bi₂WO₆. The photocatalytic mechanism was explored in detail. This work extends the knowledge of integrating MOFs with traditional photocatalysts to form new composite materials in the area of environmental purification.

     

Two-dimensional MOF Cu-BDC nanosheets/ILs@silica core-shell composites as mixed-mode stationary phase for high performance liquid chromatography

Here, silica microspheres were decorated with two-dimensional metal–organic frameworks (2D MOFs) nanosheets and ionic liquids, and evaluated as the mixed-mode stationary phase for chromatographic separation. The ionic liquids were used to assist the synthesis of 2D MOFs nanosheets, and also acted as adhesives among the nanosheets and silica. In contrast with the 2D MOFs-based column without ionic liquids and commercial columns, the prepared column exhibited enhanced chromatographic separation performance for partially hydrophilic compounds such as alkaloids, sulfonamides and antibiotics, etc. In addition to excellent chromatographic repeatability and stability, it has also been verified that the composites could be easily and repeatedly prepared. The relative standard deviation of the retention time of the same type of analyte between the three batches of materials was ranging from 0.21% to 1.7%. In short, these results indicated that the synthesized composites were promising separation material for liquid chromatography, which made it possible to broaden the application of 2D MOFs in the field of chromatography.     

Hydrogen physisorption on the organic linker in metal organic frameworks: ab initio computational study

Research for materials offering efficient hydrogen storage and transport has recently received increased attention. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) provide one promising group of materials where several recent advances were reported in this direction. In this computational study ab initio methods are employed to study the physisorption of hydrogen on conjugated systems. These systems are used as models for the organic linker within MOFs. Here, we focus on the adsorption sites related to the organic linker with special attention to the edge site, which was only recently reported to exist as the weakest adsorbing site in MOFs. We also investigate chemically modified models of the organic connector that result in enforcing this adsorption site. This may be crucial for improving the uptake properties of these materials to the goal defined by DOE for efficient hydrogen transport materials.     

UiO-67-Sal-CuCl2在空气中催化芳香醇的选择性氧化

利用水热法一步合成了金属有机骨架(MOFs)材料UiO-67-Sal, 并将3种铜盐固定在其表面, 研究了3种铜MOFs材料催化芳香醇选择性氧化的性能. 结果表明, UiO-67-Sal-CuCl₂催化剂对芳香醇选择性氧化反应具有良好的催化活性, 且在重复使用4次后, 依然保持较好的催化效果.     

金属-有机框架材料的荧光探测应用进展

金属-有机框架材料(metal-organic frameworks,MOFs)是一类由金属离子或金属离子簇与有机配体自组装而成的杂化多孔材料。 极高的比表面积和孔隙率,组成和结构可调节等特点赋予该材料灵活的设计性和丰富的功能性。 金属-有机框架材料的金属离子、有机配体和装载的客体分子等皆可作为发光中心,并能对离子或小分子产生特异性荧光响应,因此在荧光探测方面有广泛应用。 本文主要综述了近年来金属-有机框架材料在荧光探测方向的研究进展以及应用前景。     

Synthesis of Robust MOFs@COFs Porous Hybrid Materials via an Aza-Diels–Alder Reaction: Towards High-Performance Supercapacitor Materials

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have attracted enormous attention in recent years. Recently, MOF@COF are emerging as hybrid architectures combining the unique features of the individual components to enable the generation of materials displaying novel physicochemical properties. Herein we report an unprecedented use of aza-Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction as post-synthetic modification of MOF@COF-LZU1, to generate aza-MOFs@COFs hybrid porous materials with extended π-delocalization. A a proof-of-concept, the obtained aza-MOFs@COFs is used as electrode in supercapacitors displaying specific capacitance of 20.35 μF cm⁻² and high volumetric energy density of 1.16 F cm⁻³. Our approach of post-synthetic modification of MOFs@COFs hybrids implement rational design for the synthesis of functional porous materials and expands the plethora of promising application of MOFs@COFs hybrid porous materials in energy storage applications.     

MOFs and bone: Application of MOFs in bone tissue engineering and bone diseases

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of hybrid materials, consist of organic linkers and bridging metal ions or clusters. Their tunable pore sizes, large surface area, good biocompatibility, structural variability in combination with materials and chemicals, and osteogenic effects provide potential approaches for bone tissue engineering and bone diseases. And there are more and more research on MOFs in the field of osteogenesis in recent years. This review presents an overall summary of the application in the bone tissue engineering and bone diseases of MOFs and their composites, starting with the synthesis of MOFs, which discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different syntheses. Then, the biological functions of MOFs are discussed, which are the basics of MOFs applied in the organism. Importantly, mechanisms and abundant applications of MOFs are detailed in the bone tissue engineering and bone diseases. Finally, some prospects of MOFs are discussed, for instance, exploring whether MOFs can be used to treat other bone diseases.     

金属有机框架材料在毛细管电色谱中的应用

金属有机框架材料(MOFs)是一类由金属离子或金属簇与有机官能团通过配位键形成的新型有机-无机杂化晶态多孔材料, 具有比表面积大、热稳定性和化学稳定性高、结构及功能多样等特点, 是毛细管电色谱(CEC)领域研究较多且具有优异应用前景的一类新型纳米材料固定相.综述了近年来MOFs在CEC中的研究进展, 主要包括新型制柱技术的发展及其在分离领域的应用, 并对该领域今后的发展方向进行了展望.     

Dual-band simultaneous lasing in MOFs single crystals with Fabry-Perot microcavities

Multi-band microlasers based on single microcrystalline materials with Fabry-Perot(F-P) cavities are critically and technologically essential. Here, we demonstrate simultaneous dual-band lasing output(615 and 685 nm) in metal-organic frameworks(MOFs) and organic dyes hybrid single crystals, which support F-P resonances. Through a two-step assembly strategy, two different types of cationic pyridinium hemicyanine dye molecules can be encapsulated into the channel pores of anionic bioMOF-1-2 Me successfully. In addition, the employment of the host-guest system significantly increases the dye loading, enhances luminescent efficiency, and diminishes the aggregation-caused quenching(ACQ) effect in the resultant MOFs/dye composites.This finding not only combines the characteristic of MOFs materials with excellent luminescent properties of organic dyes, but also points out a simple and promising strategy to design multi-band microlasers based on F-P mechanism, opening a low-cost avenue for the rational design of miniaturized lasers in the future.     

Nylon–MOF Composites through Postsynthetic Polymerization

Hybridization of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and polymers into composites yields materials that display the exceptional properties of MOFs with the robustness of polymers. However, the realization of MOF–polymer composites requires efficient dispersion and interactions of MOF particles with polymer matrices, which remains a significant challenge. Herein, we report a simple, scalable, bench‐top approach to covalently tethered nylon–MOF polymer composite materials through an interfacial polymerization technique. The copolymerization of a modified UiO‐66‐NH₂ MOF with a growing polyamide fiber (PA‐66) during an interfacial polymerization gave hybrid materials with up to around 29 weight percent MOF. The covalent hybrid material demonstrated nearly an order of magnitude higher catalytic activity for the breakdown of a chemical warfare simulant (dimethyl‐4‐nitrophenyl phosphate, DMNP) compared to MOFs that are non‐covalently, physically entrapped in nylon, thus highlighting the importance of MOF–polymer hybridization.     

金属有机骨架及其复合材料在分离领域中的应用进展

金属有机骨架（MOFs）是一类由无机金属离子与有机配体自组装形成的新型有机-无机杂化多孔材料,因具有比表面积超高、结构多样、热稳定性良好、孔道尺寸和性质可调等优势,在分离领域表现出重要的应用价值。然而,采用传统方法制备的MOFs多为粒径在微米或亚微米尺度的晶体,且颗粒形貌不规则,因此限制了MOFs在样品前处理和色谱固定相等领域的应用和发展。构建基于MOFs的复合材料是弥补MOFs应用缺陷的一项有效措施,有望在保留MOFs优越的分离特性的同时,引入基体材料的特定性能。该文简要综述了近年来MOFs及其复合材料在吸附、样品前处理和色谱固定相等分离领域中的应用进展,并对MOFs在分离科学中的应用前景做出展望。