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MOF catalysis meets biochemistry: molecular insights from the hydrolytic activity of MOFs towards biomolecules

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Harnessing Defect‐Engineered Zr‐MOF Catalyst With Tailored Active Sites For Selective Carboxymethylation of Furfuryl Alcohol

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The Cyclopentanone Self-condensation Over Calcined and Uncalcined TiO2–ZrO2 with Different Acidic Properties

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One-pot growth of metal-organic frameworks on polymers for catalytic performance enhancement in the CO2 cycloaddition to epoxides

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UiO-66 metal-organic frameworks as aldol condensation catalyst: Impact of defects, solvent, functionality on the catalytic activity and selectivity

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Recent progress of MOF-based photocatalysts for environmental application and sustainability considerations

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Strategic Defect Manipulation in Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Structural and Functional Versatility

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Supported MoOx and WOx Solid Acids for Biomass Valorization: Interplay of Coordination Chemistry, Acidity, and Catalysis

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The Preparation of UiO‐66‐NH2/CNT Electrocatalyst and its High Catalytic Performance for Electrochemical Synthetic Ammonia in Neutral Electrolyte

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Cd-MOF@PVDF Mixed-Matrix Membrane with Good Catalytic Activity and Recyclability for the Production of Benzimidazole and Amino Acid Derivatives

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Design of Hierarchical Architectures in Metal–Oganic Frameworks for Catalysis and Adsorption

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Cascade Catalysis for the Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methyl Formate Using a Molecular Ru–Phosphine Complex and the Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66 as Heterogeneous Acid

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Tuning the Hydrophobicity and Lewis Acidity of UiO-66-NO2 with Decanoic Acid as Modulator to Optimise Conversion of Glucose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural

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A linker-functionalized metal-organic framework as a heterogeneous acid catalyst for benzaldehyde acetalization

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Pretreatment and catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic and algal biomass into biofuels by metal organic frameworks

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Zirconium-containing metal organic frameworks as solid acid catalysts for the N-formylation of aniline with formic acid

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Nanozymatic Activity of UiO-66 Metal–Organic Frameworks: Tuning the Nanopore Environment Enhances Hydrolytic Activity toward Peptide Bonds

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Enhancing the Catalytic Activity of MOF‐808 Towards Peptide Bond Hydrolysis through Synthetic Modulations

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Defect-induced tuning of polarity-dependent adsorption in hydrophobic–hydrophilic UiO-66

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Functionalized ligands mediated microenvironment of Pd@UiO-66-X catalysts for ethanol upgrading to n-butanol

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Molecular Engineering of Calixarene Dyes on UiO-66-NH2: Boosting Electron Transfer for High-Efficiency Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

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Tailored Metal–Organic Frameworks for Water Purification: Perfluorinated Fe–MOFs for Enhanced Heterogeneous Catalytic Ozonation

Xiangtong Kong, Jinxing Ma, Shikha Garg and T. David Waite

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Improving the Glucose to Fructose Isomerization via Epitaxial‐Grafting of Niobium in UIO‐66 Framework

Ashish Kumar Kar and Rajendra Srivastava

ChemCatChem, 2022, 14
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Metal-organic frameworks as potential catalysts for biodiesel production and biomass conversion: Mechanism and characteristics

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