Metal-organic frameworks overview

In the present work we show the results of a systematic study and give an overview over the properties of a wide range of isoreticular metal-organic frameworks. First results of calculations with an exchanged metal atom (Cu) in the connector are presented as well (Cu3(BTC)2(H20)3 BTC 1,3,5-benzene-tricarboxylate in the following will be used Cu-BTC). For a more detailed study the reader is referred to Ref. 18. 

The focus of this chapter is porous (aluniino)silicates, with an emphasis on zeolitic materials. Porous phosphate materials such as aluminophosphates and metalloalumi-nophosphates are quite interesting in their own right but beyond the scope of this chapter. There are several excellent overviews of the synthesis, characterization, and application of these materials elsewhere (12, 13). This chapter also will not describe MOFs, or metal-organic framework materials. 

The goal of this chapter is to present an overview of reports in the scientific literature that involve the use of microwave heating in the preparation of inorganic and organometallic compounds. For practical purposes, no attanpt has been made to cover compounds of all elements. The scope has been limited to coordination compounds and organometallic complexes containing transition metals. The focus is on molecular compounds and not on materials that could be classified as nanoparticles, polymers, supported catalysts, metal-organic frameworks, or solid-state materials. 

This volume of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths adds five new chapters to the science of rare earths, compiled by researchers renowned in their respective fields. Volume 34 opens with an overview of ternary intermetallic systems containing rare earths, transition metals and indium (Chapter 218) followed by an assessment of up-to-date understanding of the interplay between order, magnetism and superconductivity of intermetallic compounds formed by rare earth and actinide metals (Chapter 219). Switching from metals to complex compounds of rare earths, Chapter 220 is dedicated to molecular stmctural studies using circularly polarized luminescence spectroscopy of lanthanide systems, while Chapter 221 examines rare-earth metal-organic frameworks, also known as coordination polymers, which are expected to have many practical applications in the future. A review discussing remarkable catalytic activity of rare earths in site-selective hydrolysis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid, or RNA (Chapter 222) completes this book. 

Apart from their aforementioned use in electrodeposition, DESs have been successfully applied in the synthesis of different materials like i) polymers, ii) metal phosphates, iii) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), iv) nanoparticles, and v) carbon materials. In this section, we will give a general overview covering the use of green and biorenewable DESs in the synthesis of these materials. 

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