This review systematically outlined the strategies of using metal organic frameworks for antibacterial applications, and discussed their advantages, challenges future development. • Systematically summarized progress applications. Discussed factors Envisaged development The number cases bacterial resistance to antibiotics has been exponentially rising over last decade. issue is getting worse as...

Metal–organic frameworks host many types of compositional and structural disorder. In this Highlight article we explore cases where disorder is correlated, rather than random.

Metal nanostructures have attracted great attention in various fields due to their tunable properties through precisely tailored sizes, compositions and structures. Using mesoporous silica (mSiO2) as the inorganic capping agent and encapsulated Pt nanoparticles as the seeds, we developed a robust seeded growth method to prepare uniform bimetallic nanoparticles encapsulated in mesoporous silica ...

The effects of greenhouse gases, like CO2, are becoming more and visible, from drastic weather changes to global sea level rise. resultant warming has become an environmental issue great concern in recent years. potential for CO2 capture through metal-organic frameworks been widely studied is currently being explored as a way reduce gas emissions. strong structural electronic properties these m...

Available online 5 April 2021Oxygen evolution from water driven by electrocatalysis or photocatalysis poses a significant challenge as it requires the use of efficient electro-/photo-catalysts to drive four-electron oxygen reaction (OER). Herein, we report development an effective strategy for in situ chemical transformation Fe-based bimetallic MIL-88 metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into corres...

NO2 Sensors In article number 2101216, Il-Doo Kim and co-workers demonstrate a conductive metal–organic framework (cMOF) with enhanced activity owing to encapsulation of ultrasmall bimetallic nanoparticles (BNPs) within the cMOF matrix. The combination high surface area synergies PtRu BNPs enables application as highly sensitive chemiresistive sensor toward detection.

Lithium-sulfur batteries are promising technologies for powering flexible devices due to their high energy density, low cost and environmental friendliness, when the insulating nature, shuttle effect and volume expansion of sulfur electrodes are well addressed. Here, we report a strategy of using foldable interpenetrated metal-organic frameworks/carbon nanotubes thin film for binder-free advanc...

We develop the first mechanochemical and solvent-free routes for zirconium metal-organic frameworks, making the frameworks UiO-66 and UiO-66-NH2 accessible on the gram scale without strong acids, high temperatures or excess reactants. The frameworks form either by milling, or spontaneous self-assembly by simply exposing solid mixtures of reactants to organic vapour. The generated frameworks exh...

Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks of zinc, cobalt, and cadmium, including the framework ZIF-8 commercially sold as Basolite Z1200, exhibit surprising sensitivity to carbon dioxide under mild conditions. The frameworks chemically react with CO2 in the presence of moisture or liquid water to form carbonates. This effect, which has been previously not reported in metal-organic framework chemistry, p...

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful tool for characteriza‐ tion of materials. It can detect local structure around selected atomic nuclei and provide information on the dynamics of these nuclei. In case of metal-organic frameworks, NMR spectroscopy can help elucidate the framework structure, locate the molecules adsorbed into the pores, and inspect and characterize the i...