Abstract
Microporous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on lanthanide metal ions or clusters represent a group of porous materials, featuring interesting coordination, electronic, and optical properties. These attractive properties in combination with the porosity make microporous lanthanide MOFs (Ln-MOFs) hold the promise for various applications. This review is to provide an overview of the current status of the research in microporous Ln-MOFs, and highlight their potential as types of multifunctional materials for applications in gas/solvent adsorption and separation, luminescence and chemical sensing and catalysis.
About the authors
Yao Chen obtained her BS degree from Qingdao University of Science & Technology in 2006, and received her MS degree from Nanjing University of Technology in 2009 under the supervision of Dr. He Huang. She is currently a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at University of South Florida, under the supervision of Dr. Shengqian Ma. Her research interest focuses on the development of functional porous MOF materials for biological-related applications.
Dr. Shengqian Ma received his B.S. degree from Jilin University, China in 2003, and graduated from Miami University (Ohio) with a PhD degree under the supervision of Hong-Cai Joe Zhou (currently at Texas A&M University) in 2008. After finishing a 2-year Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Argonne National Laboratory, he joined the Department of Chemistry at University of South Florida as an Assistant Professor in August 2010. His research interest focuses on the development of functional porous materials for energy and biological-related applications.
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