by Andrea Rossin (Guest Editor)
This book is a collection of contributions on the synthesis, characterization, and
applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF) and Coordination Polymers
(CP). Coordination Polymers (CP) and Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF) are
at the core of contemporary research on inorganic materials. The virtually
infinite combination of their building blocks-inorganic metallic nodes (single
ions or clusters) and organic polytopic linkers (polycarboxylates, bridging N-/S-
/O-containing heterocycles)-generates solid air- and water-stable compounds.
Interesting features from an applicative point of view are porosity, large surface
area, and lattice flexibility (the "breathing" effect). These properties make them
ubiquitous in several fields of materials science: gas storage and separation,
luminescent sensing, heterogeneous catalysis, and magnetism.