Phenothiazine-dioxide-based Cu-MOFs: preserving porosity through the incorporation of substituents into organic linkers

Abstract

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with high porosity usually suffer from problems associated with pore collapse upon activation. Preserving the porosity can thus be considered an important subject to be resolved with regard to the application of MOFs as industrial materials. Herein, we report the preservation of the porosity of phenothiazine-dioxide-based Cu-MOFs via the incorporation of substituents into the organic linkers.