The functionalised metal-organic framework MIL-101(Cr)-NH(2), containing 2-aminobenzene-1,4-dicarboxylate as the linker, has been synthesised. A new tandem post-synthetic modification strategy involving diazotisation as the first step has been developed and used to introduce halo- and azo dye-functional groups into the pores.

For the first time an azo functionality was covalently introduced into a MOF by post-synthetic modification. The reaction of Cr-MIL-101-NH(2) with p-phenylazobenzoylchloride (1) and 4-(phenylazo)phenylisocyanate (2) as the reactants led to the compounds Cr-MIL-101_amide and Cr-MIL-101_urea, with the azo groups protruding into the mesoporous cages. XRPD and N(2) sorption measurements confirm the...

This work reports the solvothermal synthesis of a titanium-based metal organic framework (NH2-MIL-125(Ti)) and further deposition palladium, platinum silver nanoparticles on its framework, with aim to obtain visible light-driven photocatalysts. The structure NH2-MIL-125 was not affected by incorporation nanoparticles, while textural properties changed depending used. All M/NH2-MIL-125 (M = Pd, ...

A very high catalytic activity in the cyanosilylation reaction was observed for MIL-101, a chromium based metal-organic framework; moreover, MIL-101 is also a remarkably stable support for palladium in hydrogenation reactions, with significantly higher activity than e.g. palladium on activated carbon.

Ionic liquids (ILs) were synthesized inside a porous metal-organic framework (MIL-101) via a ship-in-bottle (SIB) technique. Unlike previously reported IL-incorporated MIL-101s, IL@MIL-101 prepared by the SIB approach was very stable over several cycles for the liquid phase adsorption of benzothiophene from liquid fuel.

MIL-101 is a promising metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) material in adsorption chiller application due to its high capacity for water and excellent adsorption/desorption cyclic stability. Few layer graphene (FLG) as the thermal conductive additive was added into improve inferior heat transfer of cooling process. The characteristic MIL-101/FLG adsorber performance MIL-101/FLG-water working pair w...

A crystal-like ordered microporous inorganic hybrid solid was prepared using silane functionalized Cr-MIL-101 (Si-MIL-101) as the precursor, via a surface coating reinforced framework strategy.