Showing papers in "Coordination Chemistry Reviews in 2019"

TL;DR: A review of recent advances in the removal and degradation of water pollutants by metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is presented in this paper, where the challenges and prospects in this active field are also briefly discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the use of Zirconium metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as nanoscale drug delivery devices (DDSs) is discussed with focus on the different physical properties that make them attractive for use.

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for aqueous phase sorptive removal of emerging contaminants (ECs) from water has been evaluated.

TL;DR: A review of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their applications can be found in this paper, where the advantages of MOF-based hydrogels and aerogels in applications such as sensors, batteries, supercapacitors, adsorbents, catalysts etc.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of successful MOF-catalyzed reactions is presented, including the open metal sites, bifunctional acid-base sites in MOFs, as well as catalytic centers introduced to MOFs via PSM.

TL;DR: In this article, a review mainly focused on the state-of-the-art development of stable COFs in environmental applications, such as adsorption, membrane separation and detection of various environmental pollutants, including heavy metals and radionuclides, toxic organic pollutants (organic dyes, pharmaceuticals, organophosphorus flame retardants, per-and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances and endocrine-disrupting chemicals), as well as the catalytic degradation/conversion and CO2 capture.

TL;DR: This review systematically summarizes the recent progress on dual-emission ratiometric FL probes and covers a wide range of scientific disciplines and benefits further development of functionalized optical materials, luminescent devices and bioimaging technique.

TL;DR: In this article, a review focused on recent progress in different typological and structural metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as superior adsorbents for the efficient removal of toxic dyes.

TL;DR: In this article, a review offers recent developments and prospects in the surfactants as promising templates in the field of growing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), namely, surfactant-assisted strategy for the synthesis of crystalline MOFs, the separation of the pure single-phase, the control of the pore's sizes and morphologies of MOFs (such as core/shell, nanodisks, nanoplates, nanorods, nanosheets) as well as their mechanism.

TL;DR: A review of the current status of phosphonate MOFs as proton conductors can be found in this article, which summarizes the recent progress in this topical field as well as some of the existing challenges for further development.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize recent advances in the synthesis of zirconium cluster-based MOFs in the light of reticular chemistry design principles and discuss tuning of parent structures and post-synthetic modification of Zr-MOFs for targeted applications.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based heterogeneous catalysts for converting CO, CO2 and CH4 into high value-added chemicals is presented.

TL;DR: Recent developments involving photosensitisers containing Ru(II, Os(II), Pt, Pt, Ir(III), and Re(I) ions are summarized, indicating the bright future of this class of compounds in PDT.

TL;DR: Z-scheme photocatalysis has become a potential solution for resisting environmental degradation and to the worldwide energy shortage because they can effectively promote the separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs and optimize the oxidation and reduction ability of the photocatalytic system.

TL;DR: The synthesis and structure of polydentate Schiff bases and their metal complexes is fascinating, because it reveals a great richness of structural, physico-chemical and catalytic properties as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the use of phthalocyanines as photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is discussed, and several synthetic strategies have been developed for engineered dyes based on the Pc scaffold, due to the synthetic versatility and robustness of these macrocycles.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of template strategies for the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is presented, with an overview of the morphology effect in MOFs application as well as applying them as precursors and templates for directed synthesis of diverse nano-materials.

TL;DR: A review of the efforts devoted by a wide and specialized scientific community to upgrade the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction during the post-Nobel prize period can be found in this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors systematically summarized the recent advances of MOFs-based photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water splitting under UV, visible or even NIR light irradiation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the recent progress made on NIR fluorescence imaging by highlighting the increasingly developing trend of NIR emitting LDNCs, and their advantages as NIR fluorescent probes will be systematically introduced.

TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis of M/MC NP@MOF nanocomposites and related photocatalytic applications are summarized and exemplified, and special emphasis is given to the synergistic effects between the MOFs shell and NPs core.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize recent progress achieved in the functionalization of MOFs through modification of inorganic nodes and organic linkers, encapsulation of active species in their pore/matrices, and coating with functional materials.

TL;DR: This review thoroughly summarized the state of the art of strategies used to incorporate biomolecules with metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and emphasized on the remarkable advances of the applications of Biomolecules-MOFs composites, including the current challenges and potential directions in the future.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of various post-functionalization methods of the boron dipyrromethene core has been presented and compared with the standard prefunctionalization methodology.

TL;DR: In this article, the recent developments on pristine MOFs and their derived nanostructures (e.g., nanoporous carbons and metal oxides) for electrode applications are discussed in detail.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the research progress achieved for CCMPs in the past decades in the areas of synthesis methodologies, structural features and relevant applications (photochromism, photoluminescence and magnetism).

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of pyrolysis parameters such as temperature, duration time, gas atmosphere as well as heating rate on physicochemical properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) derivatives is summarized.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the use of enzymes in MOF cages and pores for catalysis applications and discuss the future of this enzyme encapsulation strategy, and highlight the importance of enzymes as highly selective and efficient catalysts.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss several recent relevant examples on the auxiliary/crucial role of noncovalent interactions in functionalization of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, heterocycles, aldehydes, ketones and alcohols catalyzed by metal complexes.

TL;DR: This review summarized the recent progresses in last decade on NIR luminescent lanthanide molecular probes by precisely tuning the antenna ligands and showed the unique and attractive properties of lanthanides compared to organic molecules and inorganic quantum nanoparticles.