Issue 1, 2021

Photoresponsive porous materials

Abstract

Molecular machines, switches, and motors enable control over nanoscale molecular motion with unprecedented precision in artificial systems. Integration of these compounds into robust material scaffolds, in particular nanostructured solids, is a fabrication strategy for smart materials with unique properties that can be controlled with external stimuli. Here, we describe a subclass of these structures, namely light-responsive porous materials metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent–organic frameworks (COFs), and porous aromatic frameworks (PAFs) appended with molecular photoswitches. In this review, we provide an overview of a broad range of light-responsive porous materials focusing on potential applications.

Graphical abstract: Photoresponsive porous materials

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
05 aug 2020
Accepted
11 nov 2020
First published
11 nov 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 24-40

Photoresponsive porous materials

W. Danowski, T. van Leeuwen, W. R. Browne and B. L. Feringa, Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 24 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00647E

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