Issue 66, 2020

Stimuli-responsive structural changes in metal–organic frameworks

Abstract

In the past decades, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted considerable interest not only for their intrinsic aesthetic appeal but also their wide potential applications. The most distinctive feature of MOFs is their flexibility, which makes them exhibit a much larger magnitude of responses toward external stimuli than traditional materials. In addition, the stimuli usually have a huge impact on the MOFs’ performances. A fundamental understanding of the structure evolution process under external stimuli is critical to reveal the structure–property relationships in MOFs. In this feature article, we tried to summarize how the crystal structure changes toward external stimuli, such as guest insertion, temperature, pressure, electric field, and light.

Graphical abstract: Stimuli-responsive structural changes in metal–organic frameworks

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
04 May 2020
Accepted
02 Jul 2020
First published
08 Jul 2020

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 9416-9432

Stimuli-responsive structural changes in metal–organic frameworks

Z. Liu, L. Zhang and D. Sun, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 9416 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC03197F

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