Issue 6, 2022

Recent progress on porous MOFs for process-efficient hydrocarbon separation, luminescent sensing, and information encryption

Abstract

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), as an emerging class of porous materials, excel in designability, regulatability, and modifiability in terms of their composition, topology, pore size, and surface chemistry, thus affording a huge potential for addressing environment and energy-related challenges. In particular, MOFs can be applied as porous adsorbents for the purification of industrially important hydrocarbons through certain process-efficient separation schemes based on selectivity-reversed adsorption and multicomponent separation. Moreover, the vast combination possibilities and controllable and engineerable luminescent units of MOFs make them a versatile platform to develop functionally tailored materials for luminescent sensing and optical data encryption. In this feature article, we summarize the recent progress in the use of porous MOFs for the separation and purification of acetylene (C2H2) and ethylene (C2H4) based on selectivity-reversed adsorption and multicomponent separation strategies. Moreover, we highlight the advances over the past three years in the field of MOF-based luminescent materials for thermometry, turn-on sensing, and information encryption.

Graphical abstract: Recent progress on porous MOFs for process-efficient hydrocarbon separation, luminescent sensing, and information encryption

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
05 Nov 2021
Accepted
13 Dec 2021
First published
13 Dec 2021

Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 747-770

Recent progress on porous MOFs for process-efficient hydrocarbon separation, luminescent sensing, and information encryption

D. Zhao, K. Yu, X. Han, Y. He and B. Chen, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 747 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC06261A

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