Metal–metalloporphyrin frameworks: a resurging class of functional materials

Chemical Society Reviews Pub Date: 2014-03-28 DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00001C

Abstract

This review presents comprehensively recent progress in metal–metalloporphyrin frameworks (MMPFs) with an emphasis on versatile functionalities. Following a brief introduction of basic concepts and the potential virtues of MMPFs, we give a snapshot of the historical perspective of MMPFs since 1991. We then summarize four effective strategies implemented frequently to construct prototypal MMPFs. MMPFs represent a resurging class of promising functional materials, highlighted with diverse applications including guest-molecule adsorption and separation, catalysis, nano-thin films and light-harvesting.

Graphical abstract: Metal–metalloporphyrin frameworks: a resurging class of functional materials
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