Covalent organic frameworks

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Contributors

  • Ke Tian Tan - , National University of Singapore (Author)
  • Samrat Ghosh - , Technical University of Berlin, CSIR - National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Author)
  • Zhiyong Wang - , Chair of Molecular Functional Materials (cfaed), Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics (Author)
  • Fuxiang Wen - , Zhejiang University (Author)
  • David Rodríguez-San-Miguel - , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Author)
  • Jie Feng - , Lanzhou University (Author)
  • Ning Huang - , Zhejiang University (Author)
  • Wei Wang - , Lanzhou University (Author)
  • Felix Zamora - , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Author)
  • Xinliang Feng - , Chair of Molecular Functional Materials (cfaed), Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics (Author)
  • Arne Thomas - , Technical University of Berlin (Author)
  • Donglin Jiang - , National University of Singapore (Author)

Abstract

The dream to prepare well-defined materials drives the methodological evolution for molecular synthesis, structural control and materials manufacturing. Among various methods, chemical approaches to design, synthesize, control and engineer small molecules, polymers and networks offer the fundamental strategies. Merging covalent bonds and non-covalent interactions into one method to establish a complex structural composition for specific functions, mimicking biological systems such as DNA, RNA and proteins, is at the centre of chemistry and materials science. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a class of crystalline porous polymers that enable the integration of organic units into highly ordered structures via polymerization. This polymerization system is unique as it deploys covalent bonds to construct the primary order structures of polymeric backbones via polycondensation and leverages on non-covalent interactions to create the high order structures of polymeric networks via supramolecular polymerization in a one-pot reaction system. This Primer covers all aspects of the field of COFs from chemistry to physics, materials and applications, and outlines the design principle, experimental methods, characterization and applications, with an aim to show a concise yet full picture of the field. The key fundamental issues to be addressed are analysed with an outlook on the future major directions from different perspectives.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number1
Number of pages19
JournalNature Reviews. Methods Primers
Volume3
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jan 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

WOS 000912786900001

Keywords

Research priority areas of TU Dresden

Keywords

  • Mixed matrix membranes, On-surface synthesis, Carbon-dioxide, Energy-storage, Crystalline, Efficient, Polymerization, Performance, Growth, Cofs