The Current Status of MOF and COF Applications

Abstract

Abstract The amalgamation of different disciplines is at the heart of reticular chemistry and has broadened the boundaries of chemistry by opening up an infinite space of chemical composition, structure, and material properties. Reticular design has enabled the precise prediction of crystalline framework structures, tunability of chemical composition, incorporation of various functionalities onto the framework backbone, and as a consequence, fine‐tuning of metal–organic framework (MOF) and covalent organic framework (COF) properties beyond that of any other material class. Leveraging the unique properties of reticular materials has resulted in significant advances from both a fundamental and an applied perspective. Here, we wish to review the milestones in MOF and COF research and give a critical view on progress in their real‐world applications. Finally, we briefly discuss the major challenges in the field that need to be addressed to pave the way for industrial applications.

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Affiliated Institutions

• Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures ES
• University of California, Berkeley US
• KU Leuven BE
• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań PL
• Ikerbasque ES
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology SA
• Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute US
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory US
• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München DE
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology US
• University of Augsburg DE
• Center for NanoScience DE

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