Issue 8, 2024

Fluoro-bridged rare-earth metal–organic frameworks

Abstract

Rare-earth (RE) metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) offer unique optical, electronic, and magnetic properties. RE metals tend to make binuclear metal nodes resulting in dense nonporous coordination networks. Three dimensional porous RE-MOFs have been reported by preparing bigger metal nodes based on metal clusters often found as hexaclusters or nonaclusters. The formation of metal clusters (>2 metal ions) generally requires the use of fluorinated organic molecules reported as modulators. However, it was recently discovered that these molecules are not modulators, rather they act as reactants and leave fluorine in the metal clusters. The formation and types of fluorinated RE metal clusters have been discussed. These fluorinated clusters offer higher connectivity which results in porous MOFs. The presence of fluorine in these metal clusters offers unique properties, such as higher thermal stability and improved fluorescence. This frontier summarizes recent progress and gives future perspective on the fluorinated metal clusters in the RE-MOFs.

Graphical abstract: Fluoro-bridged rare-earth metal–organic frameworks

Article information

Article type
Frontier
Submitted
14 nov 2023
Accepted
15 jan 2024
First published
22 jan 2024

Dalton Trans., 2024,53, 3445-3453

Fluoro-bridged rare-earth metal–organic frameworks

M. Abbas, S. Sheybani, M. L. Mortensen and K. J. Balkus, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 3445 DOI: 10.1039/D3DT03814A

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