An amide-containing adenine-mediated rod metal-organic framework was solvothermally constructed by means of mixed-linker approach, which exhibits both C2H2 and C2H6 selective adsorption, resulting in one-step ethylene purification from a ternary mixture of C2H2/C2H4/C2H6 as proved by not only IAST prediction, but also column breakthrough experiments.
A highly connected Ni8-cluster based metal-organic framework (CTGU-30) has been constructed successfully under solvothermal conditions, which exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activities toward various alcohol oxidation reactions.
Three crystalline porous frameworks (HOF and MOF) based on a bisquinoxaline-containing tetra-topic linker are obtained, which show excellent sensing properties and fluorescence recognition.
The switchable
molecular dynamics and order-disorder transformation of (i-PrNHMe2)+ cation embedded in a deformable {[Ni(NCS)6]4–}
supramolecular framework accompanied by solid-state structural phase
transitions are reported, finding the confined swinging or flipping of the
cation as a whole is assisted by a synergistic change of its torsion angle.
Ni(ina)(bdc)0.5 has tetrahedral and trigonal-pyramidal cages for respectively capturing SF6 and N2, which reduces their competition for adsorption sites. The smaller window diameter of Ni(3-min)(bdc)0.5 is more conducive to forming stronger hostguest interactions of gas molecules and frames, which improves the selectivity and adsorption capacity of SF6.
Three Fe-incorporated polyoxometalate-encapsulated metal-organic frameworks present 3-D POM-based metal-organic host-guest framework structures with diverse cages, which exhibited excellent catalytic performance toward C–H bond oxidation of diphenylmethane along with good recyclability and structural stability.
A copper-based
robust microporous MOF, Cu-Hmpba, constructed by the bifunctional
pyridylcarboxylate ligand is reported. It shows good
water stability and C3H6/C3H8 selectivity. This work provides the insight of
synthesizing stable MOF materials for separating high-value chemicals.
Two copper(II) complexes with excellent SOD and catecholase activities are obtained by solvothermal reaction. The SOD activity and catecholase activity are directly affected by the coordination configuration of the central metal atom and the ability of the complex to accept electrons. It has good application potential in the clinical biomedical field in the future.
Natural gas is an essential chemical raw material and a promising clean energy source. The recent research progress of using metal-organic frameworks adsorbent for the separation of natural gas was summarized. Also, bottlenecks and possible research directions for further exploration were discussed.