Issue 10, 2016

Neutral N-donor ligand based flexible metal–organic frameworks

Abstract

This short review gives a focussed discussion on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) made of neutral N-donor ligands which show structural flexibility under various exogenous stimuli. Chemical stimuli such as presence of anions, free guests, coordinated guests and physical stimuli (light, heat and so on) render structural flexibility in MOFs. Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation studies have attracted a lot of attention for the understanding of such flexible MOF materials. Such a dynamic structural behavior with proper host–guest interactions gives very interesting functions such as chemical separation, sensing and magnetic properties and so on.

Graphical abstract: Neutral N-donor ligand based flexible metal–organic frameworks

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
04 sep 2015
Accepted
13 okt 2015
First published
13 okt 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 4060-4072

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Neutral N-donor ligand based flexible metal–organic frameworks

B. Manna, A. V. Desai and S. K. Ghosh, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 4060 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03443D

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