Issue 19, 2017

Templated and template-free fabrication strategies for zero-dimensional hollow MOF superstructures

Abstract

Various fabrication strategies for hollow metal–organic framework (MOF) superstructures are reviewed and classified using various types of external templates and their properties. Hollow MOF superstructures have also been prepared without external templates, wherein unstable intermediates obtained during reactions convert to the final hollow MOF superstructures. Many hollow MOF superstructures have been fabricated using hard templates. After the core–shell core@MOF structure was prepared using a hard template, the core was selectively etched to generate a hollow MOF superstructure. Another approach for generating hollow superstructures is to use a solid reactant as a sacrificial template; this method requires no additional etching process. Soft templates such as discontinuous liquid/emulsion droplets and gas bubbles in a continuous soft phase have also been employed to prepare hollow MOF superstructures.

Graphical abstract: Templated and template-free fabrication strategies for zero-dimensional hollow MOF superstructures

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
01 feb 2017
Accepted
14 mar 2017
First published
14 mar 2017

Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 6146-6158

Templated and template-free fabrication strategies for zero-dimensional hollow MOF superstructures

H. Kim and M. S. Lah, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 6146 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00389G

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