Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures

The last 20 years have seen an enormous interest in research on the topic of crystalline porous framework materials, especially metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs exploit reversible metal–coordination chemistry to create extended, crystalline solids.1 However, a similar set of porous ordered cova...

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Main Authors: Banerjee, Rahul, Champness, Neil R.
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47384/
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description The last 20 years have seen an enormous interest in research on the topic of crystalline porous framework materials, especially metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs exploit reversible metal–coordination chemistry to create extended, crystalline solids.1 However, a similar set of porous ordered covalent networks based on the reversible and modular connection of a vast array of rigid and symmetrical building blocks through covalent bonds has also emerged during this time. These materials, coined as “Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)”, have summoned considerable attention in the last decade, starting with a significant contribution from the Yaghi group,2 owing to their unique designing features as well as enormous potential.3 Like COFs, porous molecular crystals that are not interconnected by covalent bonding have also picked up significant research interest. Although these materials do resemble COFs, unlike COFs, they can be solution processable.4 For any structural chemists, these materials are excellent tools that can lead to more informed design processes and create a deeper understanding of how targeted porous extended structures should be made.
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spelling nottingham-473842020-05-04T18:59:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47384/ Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures Banerjee, Rahul Champness, Neil R. The last 20 years have seen an enormous interest in research on the topic of crystalline porous framework materials, especially metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs exploit reversible metal–coordination chemistry to create extended, crystalline solids.1 However, a similar set of porous ordered covalent networks based on the reversible and modular connection of a vast array of rigid and symmetrical building blocks through covalent bonds has also emerged during this time. These materials, coined as “Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)”, have summoned considerable attention in the last decade, starting with a significant contribution from the Yaghi group,2 owing to their unique designing features as well as enormous potential.3 Like COFs, porous molecular crystals that are not interconnected by covalent bonding have also picked up significant research interest. Although these materials do resemble COFs, unlike COFs, they can be solution processable.4 For any structural chemists, these materials are excellent tools that can lead to more informed design processes and create a deeper understanding of how targeted porous extended structures should be made. Royal Society of Chemistry 2017-08-09 Article PeerReviewed Banerjee, Rahul and Champness, Neil R. (2017) Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures. CrystEngComm, 19 . pp. 4866-4867. ISSN 1466-8033 http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ce/c7ce90115a#!divAbstract doi:10.1039/C7CE90115A doi:10.1039/C7CE90115A
spellingShingle Banerjee, Rahul
Champness, Neil R.
Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures
title Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures
title_full Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures
title_fullStr Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures
title_full_unstemmed Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures
title_short Covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures
title_sort covalent organic frameworks and organic cage structures
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