abstract
Microwave heating, used in organic chemistry for several decades, has only recently been applied to the preparation of multi-dimensional coordination polymers, more commonly known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Microwave heating allows short reaction times, fast kinetics of crystal nucleation and growth, and high yields of desirable products which can be isolated with few or no secondary products. The most significant developments in the use of microwave heating for the preparation of MOFs are briefly reviewed from this perspective, emphasizing systematic studies of well-characterised materials, which lead to their isolation in large quantities over economically-viable periods of time. Emphasis is given to the growth of nano-sized crystallites which may find direct applications in
keywords
HYDROGEN-BOND PATTERNS; CYANOGEL COORDINATION POLYMERS; CHROMIUM TEREPHTHALATE MIL-101; HYPOTHETICAL UNINODAL ZEOLITES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOPOROUS MATERIALS; ZINC TEREPHTHALATE; POROUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL-GROWTH
subject category
Chemistry
authors
Klinowski, J; Paz, FAA; Silva, P; Rocha, J
our authors
Filipe Alexandre Almeida Paz
Principal Researcher
João Rocha
Full Professor
Patrícia Rodrigues da Silva
Research Fellowshipacknowledgements
We are grateful to CICECO (University of Aveiro) for receiving JK during his sabbatical year. We further wish to thank the Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) for their financial support through research and development project PTDC/QUI-QUI/098098/2008 (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-010785), and for the doctoral research grant SFRH/BD/46601/2008 (to PS).