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Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks: Syntheses, Properties, and Potential Applications

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Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks

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Abstract

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a novel category of porous materials. Currently, rational design of MOFs provides a convenient method to design MOFs with desired properties. After a short introduction of traditional metal MOFs, this chapter discusses the development, properties, and applications of Lanthanide MOFs (Ln-MOFs). Ln-MOFs have garnered much interest due to a wide array of features from the marriage of lanthanide ions with traditional MOFs. An introduction to the Ln-MOF field is presented with several well-known structures to demonstrate various synthetic strategies. Furthermore, interesting structural and chemical properties including porosity, chirality, magnetism, and luminescence are highlighted from recent studies, as well as, a brief overview of potential applications including gas storage, catalysis, and chemical sensing.

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Abbreviations

bbc :

4,4′,4″-(Benzene-1,3,5-triyl-tris(benzene-4,1-diyl))tribenzoate

bdc :

1,4-Benzenedicarboxylate

BET:

Brunauer–Emmett–Teller

btc :

1,3,5-Benzenetricarboxylate

bpdc :

4,4′-Biphenyldicarboxylate

COF:

Covalent organic framework

DEF:

N,N′-diethylformamide

DMA:

Dimethylacetamide

DMF:

N,N′-Dimethylformamide

DMSO:

Dimethyl sulfoxide

dobdc :

2,5-Dioxido-1,4-benzene-dicarboxylate

dpa :

1,4-Phenylenediacetate

hfipbb :

4,4′-(Hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis(benzoic acid)

HKUST:

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

htb :

4,4′,4″-(1,3,4,6,7,9,9)-Heptaazaphenalene-2,5,8-triyl)tribenzoate

ina :

Isonicotinic acid

ip :

Isophthalic acid

LMCT:

Ligand-to-metal charge transfer

Ln-MOF:

Lanthanide MOF

Ln-TM MOF:

Lanthanide-transition metal MOF

mdip :

Methylenediisophthalate

mell :

Mellitic acid

MIL:

Materials of Institut Lavoisier

MLCT:

Metal-ligand charge transfer

MOF:

Metal-organic framework

NJU:

Nanjing University

oda :

Oxydiacetate

pam :

4,4′-Methylenebis[3-hydroxy-2-naphthalenecarboxylate]

PCN:

Porous coordination network

pdc :

Pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate

RPF:

Rare earth polymeric frames

SBU:

Secondary building unit

tatab :

4,4′,4″-s-Triazine-1,3,5-triyltri-p-aminobenzoate

tatb :

4,4′,4″-s-Triazine-2,4,6-triyltribenzoate

tda :

1H-1,2,3-Triazole-4,5-dicarboxylate

TM:

Transition metal

TOF:

Turnover frequency

tpbtm :

N,N′,N″-Tris(isophthalyl)-1,3,5,-benzenetricarboxamide

UMC:

Unsaturated metal centers

UiO:

University of Oslo

UTSA:

University of Texas-San Antonio

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The authors would like to acknowledge Texas A&M University, and our financial sponsors the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the United States Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Welch Foundation. We would also like to acknowledge Zachary Perry, Weigang Lu, Muwei Zhang, and Lizzie West for assistance in the preparation of this chapter.

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    Fordham, S., Wang, X., Bosch, M., Zhou, HC. (2014). Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks: Syntheses, Properties, and Potential Applications. In: Cheng, P. (eds) Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks. Structure and Bonding, vol 163. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/430_2014_162

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