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Recent advances in controlled modification of the size and morphology of metal-organic frameworks

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Advances in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) resulted in significant contributions to diverse applications such as carbon capture, gas storage, heat transformation and separation along with emerging applications toward catalysis, medical imaging, drug delivery, and sensing. The unique in situ and ex situ structural features of MOFs can be tailored by conceptual selection of the organic (e.g., ligand) and inorganic (e.g., metal) components. Here, we provide a comprehensive review on the synthesis and characterization of MOFs, particularly with respect to controlling their size and morphology. A better understanding of the specific size and morphological parameters of MOFs will help initiate a new era for their real-world applications. Most importantly, this assessment will help develop novel synthesis methods for MOFs and their hybrid/porous materials counterparts with considerably improved properties in targeted applications.

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This study was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (No. 2016R1E1A1A01940995). This research was also supported partially by the R&D Center for Green Patrol Technologies through the R&D for Global Top Environmental Technologies funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE), Republic of Korea. P. K. also want to thank the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi, for funding under “Empowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Science” (No. EEQ/2016/000484).

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    Botao Liu, Sang-Hee Jo & Ki-Hyun Kim

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    Pawan Kumar

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Liu, B., Vellingiri, K., Jo, SH. et al. Recent advances in controlled modification of the size and morphology of metal-organic frameworks. Nano Res. 11, 4441–4467 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2039-3

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