Thursday, October 14, 2010

Functional Materials: From Hard to Soft Porous Frameworks

Arne Thomas*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 8328 – 8344 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000167

Notes & Highlights:

  • One of the rare reviews that captures the contrast between hard (mostly inorganic) and soft (organic) framework structures.
  • All materials have function, there is no such thing as "functional" material.

Abstract:

This Review aims to give an overview of recent research in the area of porous, organic–inorganic and purely organic, functional materials. Possibilities for introducing organic groups that exhibit chemical and/or physical functions into porous materials will be described, with a focus on the incorporation of such functional groups as a supporting part of the pore walls. The number of organic groups in the network can be increased such that porous, purely organic materials are obtained.

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